[PDF.48ft] The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand

The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand

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 | #3844250 in Books |  Grove Press |  2003-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.25 x6.34 x9.34l, | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Uncharacteristically dull|By Jared M|Usually, Fergus Fleming books make for very good reading; he writes in an accessible manner, and the enthusiasm for the subject matter shines through. This is what I have found about the previous books I have read by this author, Barrow's Boys and 90 Degrees North. However, this time, Fleming's knack for snagging me as a reader and pulling|From Publishers Weekly|Adventure writer and historian Fleming (Barrow's Boys, etc.) turns to French colonial Africa for his latest chronicle of historical (mis)adventure. His meticulous research and fascination with the physical hardships faced by men bent on di

The Sword and the Cross takes us to the Sahara at the end of the nineteenth century, when the desert remained largely unexplored by Europeans. But France, which had seized Algeria in 1830, had designs on this hostile wilderness. Charles de Foucauld and Henri Laperrine, two friends, were part of this conquest. The one a layabout and womanizer, the other a stern career soldier, each found his vocation in the desert. Foucauld abandoned his decadent lifestyle and founded a s...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand   |  Fergus Fleming.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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