The lost oasis: the desert war and the hunt for Zerzura ; the true story behind The English patient
Aventuriers et explorateurs (biographies), Espionnage, Voyages et géographie, Guerre, Seconde Guerre mondiale
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
Describes the exploration of the Libyan desert in the 1920s and 1930s, which is also the story behind the novel "The English Patient" (DC11460). In 1939 the group known as the Zerzura Club split allegiances: Englishman Ralph Bagnold formed the… Long Range Desert Group of patrols that gathered intelligence and generally bedeviled Italian and German troops, while Hungarian Count Ladislaus Almasy led the German equivalent of the LRDG. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.