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The sword and the cross
two men and an empire of sand
By Fleming, Fergus
- ISBN
- 978-0-80211-752-6
- Publisher
- New York : Grove Press, 2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2003
In this riveting story of French ambitions in the Sahara at the turn of the 20th century, freelance writer Fleming (Ninety Degrees North) focuses on two Frenchmen who hoped to conquer the desert but were instead transformed by that vast expanse of searing nothingness. Charles Foucauld was a corpulent aristocratic army officer who sought adventure in North Africa in the 1880s. Gradually, the desert took possess...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
