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

by Fleming, Fergus

• ISBN13: 9780802117526
• ISBN10: 080211752X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

The riveting tale of two men determined to cross the Sahara desert at the end of the nineteenth century.

Author Biography

Fergus Fleming is the author of Barrow's Boys, Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps, and Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Pole. He lives in London

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	vii
Maps	xii
1 ABSINTHE AND BARRACKS	1	(19)
2 A PAINFUL VOID	20	(8)
3 INTO THE DESERT	28	(13)
4 RECONNAISANCE AU MAROC	41	(22)
5 SENEGALESE HOOLIGANS	63	(15)
6 THE MONK'S FRIEND	78	(18)
7 FROM ALGIERS TO THE CONGO	96	(23)
8 ‘THINK THAT YOU ARE GOING TO DIE A MARTYR’	119	(13)
9 BENI ABBES	132	(24)
10 LAPERERRINE COMMAND	156	(11)
11 A TOUR OF THE INTERIOR	167	(17)
12 TOWARDS THE HOGGAR	184	(14)
13 ‘I CHOOSE TAMANRASSET’	198	(21)
14 WHITE MARABOUT	219	(19)
15 DJANET	238	(16)
16 HERMIT OF ASSEKREM	254	(15)
17 'IT IS THE HOUR OF MY DEATH'	269	(14)
18 DUNE FLIGHTS	283	(18)
19 THE DYING DAYS	301	(14)
Sources and References	315	(18)
Bibliography	333	(3)
Index	336