Playing the Game: Western Women in Arabia

by Penelope Tuson and  

Book Overview

The lives of the Western women who lived, worked and travelled in Arabia in the first half of the 20th century have been largely ignored by historians. Penelope Tuson tells the stories of these women. Sometimes flamboyant and unconventional, sometimes conservative and conformist, all of them wanted in some way to be a part of British imperial life. Some were prepared to "play the game", others were not and could even be regarded as difficult and dangerous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860649335
• ISBN13: 9781860649332
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"