Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Gertrude Bell
Born: July 14, 1868
Died: July 12, 1926 (aged 57)
Bio: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was an English writer, traveler, political officer, administrator, spy and archaeologist.
Known for:
- The Desert and the Sown (1907)
- Tales from the Queen of the Desert
- Letters of Gertrude Bell
- Amurath to Amurath (1911)