Wolves in the city: the death of French Algeria |
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User Review - Miro - LibraryThingThe story of the last years of French colonial rule in Algeria. In the epilogue, Henissart says, "What they ( French Algerians ) really wanted was some sort of guarantee that they could remain on ... Read full review
Contents
PART ONE List of Principal Characters | 9 |
Algeria Summer 1961 | 15 |
Le Chinois | 27 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Wolves in the city: the death of French Algeria |
| Author | Paul Henissart |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1970 |
| Length | 508 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Africa / North |
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