Similarly with Kinahan ‘Ken’ Cornwallis - what needs of Bell’s were being met by their relationship, and why? And quite how badly did his eventual divorce and subsequent indifference to Bell affect her, up to the very point of her tragic self-inflicted death? Indicative Contents Biographical Summary Chapter 1 Introduction: why another book on Gertrude Bell? Countering Werner Herzog Section One: The Early ‘Love Interests’ and Bell’s Social World Chapter 2 A World of Suitors, Rejected: Billy Lascelles, Bertie Crackenthorpe, William Pease, Capt Foster, Harold Russell et al Chapter 3 Henry Cadogan Section Two: The Married Men Chapter 4 Sir Frank Swettenham Chapter 5 Charles ‘Dick’ Doughty-Wylie Chapter 6 Kinahan ‘Ken’ Cornwallis Section Three: Family Dynamics and Ultimate Unhappiness Chapter 7 Bell’s Childhood and Its Psychological Effects Chapter 8 The Death of Gertrude Bell References Resources Acknowledgements
It goes way beyond the ‘Queen of the Desert’ and its Hollywood cardboard cut-out characters. My project asks questions of Bell’s relationships and looks for answers in her childhood. I’m following some fascinating leads regarding Bell’s formative years and relationships with unavailable (married) men, including the man given a curious prominence in her Wikipedia entry, the diplomat Sir Frank Swettenham. As I noted in a previous blog post on this website, in my mind the movie is so flawed and lamentable that there aren’t enough rotten tomatoes in the world to throw at it. I’m working on material which will be an unashamed antidote to Werner Herzog’s film about Gertrude Bell, ‘Queen of the Desert’. Gertrude Bell Love Through A Different Lens
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