Desert Hawk : Abd El Kader and the French Conquest of Algeria

Author(s): Blunt, Wilfrid

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Methuen and Co
Publication Year:	1947
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	011108
Catalogue(s):	History - Europe ◇ War, Military History and Weapons

292pp, sixteen black and white plates. Grey cloth-covered boards, dark grey titles on spine. Heavily bumped spine ends, cloth worn through. Wear to covers. Ex- Boots Library book with sticker on front cover and library label removed from rear paste down. Text block edges tanning. Map endpapers. Previous owner's name on rear of front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. The story of the Algerian "Sharif" religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century.

Keywords:

Algerian history French history War Warfare