The Sword and the Cross: The Conquest of the Sahara (2003)
Fergus Fleming
At the end of the 19th century, who would want to conquer the Sahara, a vast and hellish desert? France did, and this is the story of the two fanatical adventurers who made it possible. It is a dark and strange tale of survival in a harsh environment, extreme religious zeal, imperial dreams and violent death. This is a vivid, haunting and sharply witty history of a forgotten episode in Europe's colonial crusade, a narrative of self-sacrifice and cruelty, hatred and friendship, discovery and delusion, set against a backdrop of oceans of burning sand and waterless mountains of black rock.
(protagonists: Charles de Foucauld, 1858-1916 & Henri Laperrine, 1860-1920)
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Рік:
2003
Видання:
1
Видавництво:
Granta Books
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
400
ISBN 10:
1862075271
ISBN 13:
9781862075276
Файл:
EPUB, 2.78 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2003