A travelling writer and his illustrator wife cross French North Africa, describing Algeria and the Regency of Tunisia from coastal cities to the desert oases of Laghouat and Figuig. Chapters cover Islam, mosque architecture, poetry, music and dancing, and the peoples met along the way; its views of North Africans are those of a European visitor of its time.
A period travel book with drawings by Blanche McManus. Download the free EPUB.