The Sword and the Cross (Paperback)

from DinadansFriend

Biographies rather than history, dealing with the expansion of France into the Sahara, as compensation for the poor showing in the Franco-Prussian War. The men were Charles de Foucauld and Henri Laperrine, two of the extreme imperialists. A useful book for those used to British Colonialism, for t...

from thequestingvole

The Sword and the Cross is the chronicle of two men, Charles de Foucauld and Henri Lapperine, who devoted their lives to the conquest of the Sahara for France and Christianity. France had seized northern Africa in a series of campaigns that began in the 1830s. Algeria and Tunisia were conquered o...

from liamfoley

Not many people can confess an interest in both military and ecclesiastical history. Fleming satisfies my interest in both these areas with this book. He weaves the stories of two men and their experience in the inhospitable Sahara. Initially colleagues, there paths would diverge. Laperrine found...

from liamfoley

Not many people can confess an interest in both military and ecclesiastical history. Fleming satisfies my interest in both these areas with this book. He weaves the stories of two men and their experience in the inhospitable Sahara. Initially colleagues, there paths would diverge. Laperrine found...