Item #P11382 THE LOST OASIS. Saul Kelly.

THE LOST OASIS.

The Desert War and the Hunt for Zerzura. Pp. xviii+302, 2 text maps (one double page), 16 plates, glossary, chronology, dramatis personae, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; textured cream paper boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado, 2003. First U.S. edition. *First published by John Murray, London, 2002. The true story behind the film entitled The English Patient. A group of desert explorers (Zerzura Club) apparently searching the desert for lost cities were, in fact, mapping the desert for military purposes. Members included Ralph Bagnold, Bill Kennedy Shaw, Guy Prendergast, Pat Clayton and others who later were to form the LRDG. Item #P11382

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