Une aventurière en Irak: Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell, the trailblazing explorer often dubbed the female Lawrence of Arabia, ventures deep into the uncharted Arabian desert as a British spy and political force. Recruited by military intelligence after World War I, she shapes Iraq's borders while navigating the elite circles of British colonial power. Through her 1,600 intimate letters, private diaries, and secret communiqués from key figures of the era, her extraordinary journey unfolds, revealing a remarkable woman's role in Iraq's tangled history that echoes into the present.