tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post5794927781496198281..comments2024-02-22T19:21:40.330-05:00Comments on Muhlberger's World History: Desert Queen by Janet WallachUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-84918518499455124072011-03-24T03:51:01.011-04:002011-03-24T03:51:01.011-04:00I had always understood that Emir Ali ibn Hussein ...I had always understood that Emir Ali ibn Hussein (1879 - 1935) not Emir Abdullah ( 1882 - 1951) was the eldest son of Hussein, Emir of Mecca. I am astonished by this error and shall read Mrs. Wallach's book very carefully indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-87620252331748920682008-10-25T17:32:00.000-04:002008-10-25T17:32:00.000-04:00I've written a movie screenplay on Gertrude Bell. ...I've written a movie screenplay on Gertrude Bell. The treatment can be <BR/>seen at www,jeffackil.org.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-35316295766179771872007-08-26T17:57:00.000-04:002007-08-26T17:57:00.000-04:00I, too, had liked the book mostly for the long-neg...I, too, had liked the book mostly for the long-neglected story of her life than for any literary qualities (in that regard, the book was extremely slow going in the final third!). It would be great to see a critical study of the English explorers, policy and policy-makers in the creation of Iraq but I haven't yet found a book that precisely fills that need for me.Ancaretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043235152175550207noreply@blogger.com