'One of the greatest adventure stories in years.' – Chris Patten'The drama, excitement and colour of a good guts-and-glory thriller.' – Dr. Henry KissingerThe French Foreign Legion – mysterious, romantic, deadly – is filled with men of dubious character, and hardly the place for a proper Englishman just nineteen years of age. Yet in 1960, Simon Murray traveled alone to Paris, Marseilles, and on to Algeria to fulfill the toughest contract of his life: a five-year stint in the Legion. Along the way, he kept a diary.Legionnaire is a compelling, firsthand account of Murray's experience with this legendary band of soldiers. Subjected to brutal sergeants, merciless training methods and barbaric punishments – all in the hostile, sun-baked North African desert – Murray and his fellow men were pushed to breaking point, and beyond.Sixty years on, it remains a remarkable account of one of the most notorious military groups, a tale of true adventure and one man's determination never to surrender.
Book Detail
- Publisher
- Pan UK
- Publication Date
- 15/04/2021
- Number of Pages
- 336
- Binding
- Paper Back
- ISBN
- 9781529054354
- Category
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Fiction , Biographics
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