

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Nicole Kidman
Gertrude Bell

James Franco
Henry Cadogan

Robert Pattinson
T.E. Lawrence

Damian Lewis
Richard Wylie

Jay Abdo
Fattuh

Jenny Agutter
Florance Bell

David Calder
Hugh Bell

Christopher Fulford
Winston Churchill

Nick Waring
Sir Mark Sykes

Holly Earl
Florence Lascelles

Mark Lewis Jones
Lascelles

Beth Goddard
Aunt Lascelles

Michael Jenn
Thompson

William Ellis
Earl of Chester
John Wark
Arnold Runcie