Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Adventurer Gertrude Bell

Now ill have to rewatch Lawrence, the movie.

Thank you for this wonderful Presentation of the life of Gertrude Bell, Desert Queen. Your writing and narration is exquisite i was spellbound and on the edge of my seat. I could have continued to. watch and listen long beyond the 3 hrs and 17 minutes ! In my opinion, it was not long enough. Not only have you managed to tell the story of this wonderful, brilliant and accomplished woman,but you presented a cohesive and easy to understand History of the Middle East, especially relevant to events in my lifetime and current events in the ME today. i did watch the movie starring Nicole Kidman, and found it very romantic. the movie, however, it did not fully explain why she was known as the Desert Queen. i am fillled with admiration for the way she knew what she wanted and used all of her resources , including her femininity to acheive her goals.and she used her talents and abilities to help others wherever life took her. ..Her adventures in the desert reminded me of the book and the movie ,”The Garden of Allah”, with the themes of tragic romance, and the spiritual mysticism of the desert wilderness.

Scholar, Archeologist, Mountaineer, Spy and King Maker!~ WOW that's one hell of an incredible life!

Such good work. I've loved this thorough documentary. Thank you.

She was being who she was. Thank you for an excellent documentary.

I did see the movie about her . What a amazing woman. I love history an archeology . The movie was sad. More people should know about her life and what she did .

❤❤❤ Excellent documentary and tribute to Gertrude Bell. I love the visual images, and appreciate the accuracy and clarity of the commentary. What an amazing reveal of women's rights, the benefits of wealth and position to women, contrasting with women's poverty and criminal enslavement. It says a lot about government prejudice, arrogance and incompetence. The UK really messed up the Middle East.

One of the most esteemed woman of the world .Why don't plan to produce the movies based on her character which is so bewildered and very interesting.

Damn. Look at how powerful the Patriarchy is! I never heard of this amazing woman!!!

I have watched 20 minutes of this and there is not any mention of Gertrude Bell! If I wanted to learn the history of England, that would be well and good. But I am interested in learning about the woman of the desert. I am disappointed in this doc.

What a woman. A Tour de force . No wonder she was honoured by Arabian leaders.

Extraordinary documentary on an extraordinary woman. Courage, selflessness, compassion, clear vision, political acumen, and much more. The narrator’ s praising conclusion brought tears to my eyes, especially in light of the present tragic Middle East situation.

I don't think he'd be happy being compared to Bill Gates 😮

Thanks!

You have done a wonderful job. Thank you for bringing this woman into our awareness. I hope this documentary can help bring her role into the foreground of history, especially in museums and institutions for public education.

Three hours is long, so here a suggestion.

Even if you edited off the last section about the war years..add an introduction....surely it could be circulated and viewed more easily by those trying to unravel the history of this area. Its so important now, as a teaching tool, with the Israeli Gazan war fraught with versions of how we got here, its so necessary. God bless you.

Just fabulous indeed!!!

Khatoon خاتون was the proper way to address a lady from aristocracy or high society in the ottoman time, equal to "my lady" in England. I appreciate the high accuracy in this documentary, in contrast to many others I watched about this extraordinary woman.

Great book to read too.

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This outstanding documentary left me speechless !!
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What an amazing story, well researched and presented. Worth many watches!!!

Excellent, thank you for educating us about this incredible woman!

I read that Gertrude Bell did all this traveling into remote areas in order to improve her frail health. Hmmm.

Thank you very much for this extensive well researched well documented and performed life story of Gertrude Bell..😊 PS liked your subtle jokes in between...tom from Munich Germany

Enjoyed this immensely. Never heard of Gertrude Bell until watching this documentary. Feel I must congratulate on the narration, especially- "it was time for her to hit the road, well sand."

Thank you for the information about GB's possible motive(s) for opposing women's right to vote being her experience working to help poor and powerless working class women. Long ago i used to believe that all female anti-suffrage advocates like her must be wealthy hypocrites jealously guarding their own privileges by denying other women a basic right. I thought they were willing tools of male supremacists. Now i think her opposition to women voting was because of the fact that in the heavily male-dominated institutions of education, religion, workplaces, and politics, most female voters would still be treated like tools, heavily pressured to vote as the male power structure and their own husbands, fathers, clergymen, etc , intended them to. Of course poorly educated male voters were already tools of the same system, but with females it would be worse. Others opposed to female suffrage were also not necessarily against women's rights, but believed there should be just one vote per household decided on together by the adults in it, so ideally family unity would be promoted.

She blew her horn to the consternation, not 'condescension', of others - right? And pronunciation of Thoreau is incorrect.. Enjoying it, tho.

Thanks for this : have read & seen much of the life of Gertrude Bell, but this is the most comprehensive video. Congrats!

90 seconds in, & I'm hooked. saved to watch later because I can't sit for the next three hours, but will later this evening.
so glad I found this channel, with great information, great narration, and no background music to ruin the vibe ❤❤❤

Superb documentary. I have always been a great fan of TE Lawrence. I knew Lawrence had a friendship with her. To be fair I didn’t know much about her life. She was as you said a force of nature. One amazing lady of courage and fortitude, a trail blazer.

I was sad about the demise of her life. At only 58. Maybe if she had got married , to the love of her life, and had a family she would of lived a different life. Possibly a more fulfilled life? Who knows that wasn’t to be. Unique woman, for most men, probably intimidating with her intellect and knowledge of the Middle East.

Admirable woman. A force of nature.

Absolutely EXCELLENT! Beautiful production and direction. I learned so much!

This is certainly one of the best elaborated documentary I have the pleasure to see. Thank you very much for all your effort! It is still today very unkind to leave when the host prepares a meal honoring its guest... She may have been too spoiled to notice this, as the service personal was cooking and serving her at home. Nevertheless, her story is exactly what I needed. The historical background is more than interesting! It shows how long the opression and explotation of Palestine is really going on. So many treasures lost by now, which we can see here thanks to you!

I admire this fantastic woman😊

Recently, I saw a movie about her life and adventures, the Desert Queen ❤. Great movie, and this video helps us to understand her background better, putting her life into the context of Victorian England and it legacy.

Charles Dickens was a real Hero, to Tell US about the horrific children abuse which was absolute normal in the past, awfully prudish society😢

She performed all this work without pay. When her family wealth eventually went threadbare, so did she.

Very very informativ Video, well done.

Thank you for doing this! I learned about her 10 years ago. What a woman! As females, we didn't see or hear real women portrayed as any man's equal. She knew what she wanted and went for it.
Go girls!

Oh yes! Thank you! ❤ her.
She said the area and people would be perfect, except for oil and religion.

I read the book on her that featured some of her writings/letters home etc as well as some pictures. I cant rember the name of it though. It was a decent book putting her life into a readable story. Some of the things she did was great. I do belive she was privileged though and sometimes wasn't very understanding, especially towards her fellow women.

Woohoo truth fr once!!!!

Thank you for a great documentary!

Thank you for an amazing recount of one of my favourite people in the world! Once again you did an extraordinary job!! Many current supposedly feminists have no idea about her and how she totally rocked the worlds she pass ed through. The other one, also contemporaneous, was Freya Stark, the first person to [properly map Iran and the first ever European to visit the Valley of the Assassins. 2 amazing women.

also an early zionest supporter. Not a good idea, as we see now

The History Channel better watch out the H & L Documentary Channel has just raised the bar

Brilliant program. David in Redcar where she came from.👍

This is the first I have ever heard of Gertrude Bell. I’m grateful for this video! I’ll share it! ❤️❤️❤️