Michael Asher

In December 1880, a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their Algerian colony right across the Sahara to their territories in West Africa. Four months later, a handful of emaciated survivors staggered into a remote desert outpost. This is the story that...

In December 1880, a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their Algerian colony right across the Sahara to their territories in West Africa. Four months later, a handful of emaciated survivors staggered into a remote desert outpost. This is the story that...

A kötet gerince megtört. In December 1880, a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their Algerian colony right across the Sahara to their territories in West Africa. Four months later, a handful of emaciated survivors staggered into a remote desert...

Introduction: The Valley of the MoonOn a hot morning in April I climbed a hillside in the Wadi Rum, in Jordan, pausing occasionally to savour the breath of the desert wind which was peeling off the canyons I could see below me, gnarled in ancient orange light. They might have been remnants of some...