Rory Stewart

Rory Stewart is the former Coalition Deputy Governor of Maysan and Dhi Qar provinces in Iraq and the author of The Prince of the Marshes and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq. He now lives in Kabul, where he is the Chief Executive of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation. (October 2007)

From the Review

October 25, 2007: The Queen of the Quagmire

Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell

Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell, Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach

Gertrude Bell: The Lady of Iraq by H.V.F. Winstone

The Gertrude Bell Project

Review of the Civil Administration in Mesopotamia by Gertrude Bell

May 31, 2007: Iraq: The Question