I’m adding Gertrude Bell’s diaries to my list of things to read. They can be found online here: The Gertrude Bell Project

I learned of her through an NPR, All Things Considered, piece, here: NPR, Repeating History in Iraq? Letters of Gertrude Bell, Circa 1920, Shed Light on Today’s Crisis

My favorite kind of history is primary history, directly from those who were there.