Review of Queen of the Desert

As a T E Lawrence and Gertrude Bell lay historian, this film was a real disappointment, miscast top to bottom and did not reflect reality of Miss Bell's challenging exploration of Saudi Arabia and the Fertile Crescent i.e. Iraq, Iran, and parts of Syria, almost too slick and clean to accurately reflect life on the ground as a very early European explorer of these regions. Multiple language linguist i.e. dead & living languages, archaeologist, cartographer, artist, poet, letter correspondent, equestrian, expert marks person, cultured, cultivated and supported both financially and spiritually by her father. Oh, what a bloody shame, eh>