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Improbable women : five who explored the Middle East /

"Zenobia was the third-century Syrian queen who rebelled against Roman rule. Before Emperor Aurelian prevailed against her forces, she had seized almost one-third of the Roman Empire. Today, her legend attracts thousands of visitors to her capital, Palmyra, one of the great ruined cities of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cotterman, William W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Contemporary issues in the Middle East.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Augusta Zenobia: 241-275
  • Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope: 1776-1839
  • Lady Jane Elizabeth Digby el Mesrab: 1807-1881
  • Isabel Arundell Burton: 1831-1896
  • Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell: 1868-1926
  • Freya Madeline Stark: 1893-1993.