The French in Algiers: Two Accounts of the Conflicts in North Africa During the 19th Century

by Clemens Lamping and M. A. De France

Book Overview

An account of the early days of the Legion in North Africa

The 18th and 19th centuries saw a significant acceleration in colonisation as the European powers scrambled to take over underdeveloped countries and their peoples and rule them as satellite states. This was invariably an arrangement founded in blood and was fiercely resisted. The British claimed India, the Dutch their holdings in the East Indies and France established itself in North...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857067389
• ISBN13: 9780857067388
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"