Legionnaire Five Years in the French Foreign Legion

Name: Legionnaire Five Years in the French Foreign Legion
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ISBN: 9780891418870

ISBN-10: 0891418873

ISBN-13: 9780891418870

Edition: N/A

Authors: Simon Murray

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"A pleasure to read and nearly impossible to put down." -Army Times "Embodies an experience that many have enjoyed in fantasy-few in reality." -The Washington Post The 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 ultimately 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. This gripping journal offers stark evidence that the…

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List price: $8.99
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 4.22" wide x 6.78" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Simon Murray has provided glasses for movies from Indiana Jones to Batman.



Foreword


Introduction



Incubation



Sully



The Regiment



Les Colons



The Djebel



Treason



A Taste of Liberty



Back to the Front



Interlude



The Peloton



Rewards



Le Denouement


Epilogue


Appendix


Acknowledgments


Glossary