{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Gertrude Bell - Part 1: The beginnings of a daring exploration","description":"The first time Gertrude Bell closed a book, she felt an ache for the road. She was under thirty, a woman defined by precise habits and a scholar's curiosity.\r\n\r\nImagine her under that pale English light, the same light she would later use to carefully transcribe Arabic script, each letter a step into the unknown. Born into privilege, she nurtured an appetite for history and languages, but adventure called her to distant lands.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theexplorationarchive.com/exploration/gertrude-bell","author_name":"The Archive Network"}