Gertrude Bell Quote

To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal.... See the desert on a fine morning and die — if you can!


An Oxford Portrait Gallery (1931)


To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal.... See the desert on a fine morning and die — if you can!

To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal.... See the desert on a fine morning and die — if you can!

To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal.... See the desert on a fine morning and die — if you can!

To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal.... See the desert on a fine morning and die — if you can!