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Passionate Spies How Gertrude Bell, St. John Philby, and Lawrence of Arabia sparked the Arab Revolt and how Saudi Arabia was founded. This is the true story of how three MI6 agents, from the Arab Bureau in Cairo, helped General Edmund Allenby defeat Germany's ally, the Turks, and end World War I. T. E. Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia, reignited a failed Arab revolt by training and leading a force of Arab irregulars to seize the Red Sea port of Aqaba. Passionate Spies details the forgotten lives of Bedouin tribes and their raids; The establishment of the oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of King Ibn Saud; his double agent, the traitorous Major St. John Philby, who was trained in the arts of espionage by MI6 chief Gertrude Bell; In addition to the decisive moment depicted by David Lean in his famous film, where the young Captain Lawrence discovers a secret back door into Turkish territory. Enjoy the exciting adventure story of three British intelligence officers who revived the failed Arab Revolt, and also contributed to the founding of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Follow Lawrence of Arabia and the team of Middle Eastern specialists in British Intelligence - selected by the new Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill in 1921 - which included the famous travel writer Gertrude Bell, who became the first female officer in the British army.