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Letters From Baghdad
Sabine Krayenbühl · 95m · Documentary
Gertrude Bell, the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day, shaped the destiny of Iraq after WWI in ways that still reverberate today.
Where to see it
Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick Centre
Sun 12 Jul
14:00
This July marks 100 years since the death of English explorer, spy and political powerhouse Gertrude Bell - the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day. Letters from Baghdad (2016) tells the dramatic story of the woman known as the female Lawrence of Arabia. Gertrude Bell travelled wide