Love, Oil And The Fortunes Of War

Download or read book Love, Oil And The Fortunes Of War written by Paul Ashford Harris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking fictionalised tale about (real life) powerful characters, and how by helping preserve the dominance of the British Navy they arguably altered the outcome of WW1. Main characters: Gertrude Bell (famous explorer, archaeologist and supporter of women’s rights – Nicole Kidman play her in the film Queen of the Desert); Admiral Jacky Fisher (a respected naval officer and the father of the Dreadnought, the first battleship and a key weapon in WWI); and William D'Arcy (Australian mining magnate who founded the oil industry in Persia). Story has many crosscurrents and themes and includes romance, tragic love entanglements, suicides, war – all against the backdrop of northern Queensland, Persia (modern Iran), WW1 and Gallipoli.