![]() ![]() Oelbaum and Krayenbühl began their own research with the 1,600 letters written by Bell now archived at Newcastle University. Read more: America's Scandalous, Psychic, Forgotten First Female Presidential Candidatel Just going in there and destroying that society." "It's a mess and she would have looked at what the US and Britain did and have been appalled at what happened. I think she'd be pulling her hair out," says Janet. She has similar sentiments about Bell and modern Iraq. "She was enormously optimistic and she really poured her heart and soul into Iraq, into establishing a stable country."Īnother fan is author Janet Wallach, who wrote one of the first biographies about Bell titled Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia. What would Bell, who was famed for her fondness of the people she met and worked with in the Middle East, feel about this legacy? "I think she would be devastated," says Zeva Oelbaum, who's co-directed a new film called Letters To Baghdad: The Untold Story of Gertrude Bell and Iraq with Sabine Krayenbühl. ![]()
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