One woman can change the course of history
A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
middle east
persia
unrequited love
travel writer
adventurer
british colonialism
diplomacy
1910s
ottoman empire
land dispute
woman falls in love
travel adventure
biographical drama
female explorer
bedouins
daughter of wealthy man
british woman abroad
suicide of lover