Bodley, a former British officer who chose to live simply among the Arabs, writes as a spectator rather than a critic. He sketches Algeria’s geography and history, the French conquest and administration, Arab self-government, the marabouts and the Arab character, and the towns and monuments of Algiers.
A sympathetic insider’s view of colonial North Africa in the 1920s, written from the standpoint of its day. Download the free EPUB.