Our Friends Beneath the Sands

by Martin Windrow

Book Overview

The gripping true story of the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara.

Ever since the 1920s the popular legend of the French Foreign Legion has been formed by P.C. Wren's novel BEAU GESTE - a world of remote forts, warrior tribes, and desperate men of all nationalities enlisting under pseudonyms to fight and die under the desert sun.

As with all clich s, the reality is far richer and more surprising than this. In this book Martin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753828561
• ISBN13: 9780753828564
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Phoenix
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary