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Dining Room Battles20 Feb 2016 3:31 p.m. PST

Another character for In Her Majesty's Name:

The eldest daughter of a British steel magnate, Gertrude Bell was born in 1869 at the height of stodgy, Victorian England. Possessing a keen mind and a determined disposition, she rejected the narrow life of a stayed and dignified British lady to excel at Oxford University at the age of 17.

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History was one of the few subjects women were allowed to study so she specialized in modern history receiving a first class honors degree in two years. She is an ideal participant for "In Her Majesty's Name".

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Winston Smith20 Feb 2016 4:44 p.m. PST

She's hot.

dilettante Supporting Member of TMP20 Feb 2016 5:29 p.m. PST

Sounds like she was the Victorian Mrs Emma Peel

Wulfgar20 Feb 2016 6:53 p.m. PST

One of the episodes from the "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" portrays Gertrude Bell in attendance at the Versailles Peace Conference, along with T.E. Lawrence and Arnold Toynbee. It was a marvelous way of explaining to kids exactly what happened there.

Its one of the best of the series.

freecloud21 Feb 2016 3:48 p.m. PST

She and Lawrence were major influences in how the Middle East was carved up after WW1. I use a composite character of her, Freya Stark and Rose McCaulay (complete with daemon camel) in one of my forces

Tom Scott21 Feb 2016 5:58 p.m. PST

Victorian Britain was anything but stodgy!

Liliburlero Supporting Member of TMP21 Feb 2016 8:07 p.m. PST

Gertrude Bell is a fascinating person whose story has been lost until recently. I discovered her while reading about T.E. Lawrence, who owed much of his success to her influence. She is worthy of a film and this is a great book on her life:

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The Shadow22 Feb 2016 8:42 a.m. PST

Wow! She was really pretty! With those cheekbones, eyes and lips she could have been a model in modern times.

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