Love, Oil And The Fortunes Of War

A rollicking fictionalised tale about (real life)powerful characters, and how by helping preserve the dominanceof the British Navy they arguably altered the outcome of WW1.Main characters: Gertrude Bell (famous explorer, archaeologist andsupporter of women's rights Nicole Kidman play her in the filmQueen of the Desert); Admiral Jacky Fisher (a respected naval officerand the father of the Dreadnought, the first battleship and a keyweapon in WWI); and William DArcy (Australian mining magnatewho founded the oil industry in Persia).Story has many crosscurrents and themes and includes romance,tragic love entanglements, suicides, war all against the backdrop ofnorthern Queensland, Persia (modern Iran), WW1 and Gallipoli.