The extraordinary British diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell was buried 80 years ago today. After World War I, she was almost single-handedly responsible for the founding of modern Iraq, where her grave ...

In this hefty, thoroughly enjoyable biography of Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), English journalist Howell describes her subject as not only "the most famous British traveler of her day, male or female" ...

A scattering of flowers still marks the grave of British archaeologist, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell in Baghdad's locked Protestant cemetery, but few Iraqis know ...

Among the hundreds rolling up to see the aptly-named Extraordinary Gertrude Bell exhibition, few will have the affinity felt by visitor Belinda Lewis for one of the most remarkable women to emerge ...

THE first volume, with its talk of clothes and dizzy mountain climbing and journeys to the Near East, prepares us somewhat for the energy that was focused so fiercely on the problems of the war and ...

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) is an ambiguous historical figure along the lines of T.E. Lawrence "of Arabia" (1888-1935), a rather queer British person who used Empire as an excuse to have adventures, ...

He'll star opposite Naomi Watts and Robert Pattinson in the biopic of Gertrude Bell, described as the female Lawrence of Arabia. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Bell — like Lawrence — was an ...

Ridley Scott reportedly plans to direct a biopic about famed archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell. The Alien director will produce the project with Giannina Facio for his and Tony Scott's Scott ...

Nicole Kidman stars as Gertrude Bell in a lavish new trailer for Werner Herzog's Queen of the Desert. The Grace of Monaco actress appears in the biopic as the real-life explorer and political attaché ...

For someone credited with being an architect of the nation, the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell in the Iraqi capital Baghd... Already a Barron's subscriber? Sign ...