The subject of “Queen of the Desert,” writer-director Werner Herzog's first narrative feature since 2009, is Gertrude Bell, an Englishwoman who, in the years after World War I, used her expertise in ...

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 ...

Though her adventures and achievements rank with those of famed fellow British explorer T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell is a historical figure familiar to few. Recently profiled in a little-seen ...

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, ...