Desert Queen

Desert Queen
By Janet Wallach
0385495757

What an amazing woman. And an equally amazing storyteller. I absolutely loved this book. This tells the story of a young woman in the early 1900’s who doesn’t simply get married and have a family. She travels to the Middle East and becomes an extremely important person in the relationship between England and the countries of the Middle East. Her story is one of courage but also of loneliness. The author never pretends that she had a perfect life, bucking tradition and following her own mind. She suffered greatly in some ways, but it was for a good cause and she never regretted it. I’m not even interested in the Middle East and I’m giving this book: 10/10