Beau Geste (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)

Beau Geste (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)

Author: Percival Christopher Wren

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2008-12-11

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1442919612

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Beau Geste (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

Beau Geste (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

Author: Percival Christopher Wren

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2008-12-11

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 1442920084

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Beau Geste (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

Beau Geste (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)

Author: Percival Christopher Wren

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2008-12-11

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 1442920386

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French Foreign Legion 1831–71

French Foreign Legion 1831–71

Author: Martin Windrow

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1472817729

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Concluding his bestselling series on the French Foreign Legion, Martin Windrow explores the formation and development of the Legion during its 'first generation'. Raised in 1831, the Legion's formative years would see it fight continuous and savage campaigns in Algeria, aid the Spanish government in the Carlist War, join the British in the Crimean campaign and fight alongside the Swiss in the bloody battles of Magenta and Solferino. With the ever-changing combat environments they found themselves in, the Legion had to constantly adapt in order to survive. Taking advantage of the latest research, this lavishly illustrated study explores the evolution of the uniforms and kit of the French Foreign Legion, from their early campaigns in Algeria through to their iconic Battle of Camerone in Mexico and their role in the Franco-Prussian war.


I Was That Masked Man

I Was That Masked Man

Author: Clayton Moore

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0878332162

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Every baby boomer in America knows who that masked man was. He was mysterious and mythic at the same time, the epitome of the American hero: compassionate, honest, patriotic, inventive, an unswerving champion of justice and fair play.


King Arthur

King Arthur

Author: Frank Thompson

Publisher: Voice

Published: 2004-06-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786890835

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Legion of the Lost

Legion of the Lost

Author: Jaime Salazar

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1101118466

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The son of underpaid Mexican immigrants, Jaime earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue. But at twenty-three, he was disillusioned with the corporate fast track. So he became an outcast American in a hard-bitten group of recruits-men on the run from their pasts, men without hope: He joined the French Foreign Legion. From the Legion's notoriously brutal training to Salazar's fierce competitiveness, ultimate disillusionment and dramatic desertion, Legion of the Lost is a compelling, firsthand account of today's French Foreign Legion that will dispel myths while adding to the legend of the finest trained army of warriors the world has ever known.


French Foreign Legion 1872–1914

French Foreign Legion 1872–1914

Author: Martin Windrow

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2011-12-20

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1849083274

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This volume covers the classic 'Beau Geste' period, of the French Foreign Legion when the corps was expanded during the most dynamic years of French imperial expansion. Legion battalions fought in the deserts and mountains of southern Algeria and Morocco, as well as in the jungles of North Vietnam, West Africa and Madagascar. Their varied uniforms and equipments for each period and theatre are illustrated and examined. Written by a leading expert on the French Foreign Legion, this is a colourful introduction to the period when the Legion forged their legendary fighting reputation.


Fighting for the French Foreign Legion

Fighting for the French Foreign Legion

Author: Alex Lochrie

Publisher: Grub Street Publishers

Published: 2009-11-19

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1848846967

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A soldier’s true story of danger and adventure as a modern-day legionnaire in Kuwait, Bosnia, and beyond. With no French language ability, Alex Lochrie approached recruiters for the French Foreign Legion in Paris and embarked on the demanding selection process that followed. When he was accepted, he and other prospective legionnaires were sent to Southern France to begin the harsh recruit training course. The mix of nationalities and backgrounds among his fellows was enormous. New members are traditionally allowed to change their identities—and Lochrie chose to alter his age, becoming twenty-eight instead of thirty-eight. Elite paratrooper training followed in Corsica before Lochrie earned his wings. The FFL is never far from the front line, and in this book he tells of challenging active service in former French colonies in Africa as well as during the first Gulf War, evicting Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, and operations in Bosnia and Sarajevo. This gripping account lifts the veil of mystery and myth, pulling you into the action—and revealing much about the realities of service in the Foreign Legion.


Legionnaire

Legionnaire

Author: Simon Murray

Publisher: Presidio Press

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0307415813

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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 Legion’s reputation for pushing men to their breaking points and beyond is well deserved. In the fierce, sun-baked North African desert, strong men cracked under brutal officers, merciless training methods, and barbarous punishments. Yet Murray survived, even thrived. For he shared one trait with these hard men from all nations and backgrounds: a determination never to surrender. “The drama, excitement, and color of a good guts-and-glory thriller.” –Dr. Henry Kissinger