The compassionate warrior
Subtitle: Abd el-Kader of Algeria
By: by Elsa Marston ; foreword by Barbara Petzen
Contributors: Petzen, Barbara
Publisher: Wisdom Tales
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bloomington, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781937786106
Subjects: Statesmen; Biography; Juvenile literature; Soldiers; Kings and rulers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Algeria, December 1847; title: Barbary pirates and French adventures; title: An unlikely leader emerges; title: The emir's strategy; title: Abd el-Kader's vision for his people; title: Frenchmen in the emir's life; title: War of total conquest; title: The devastating tides of war; title: Promises kept and broken; title: The imprisoned celebrity; title: Freedom and a new life in exile; title: Madness in Damascus; title: Abd el-Kader's vision for the world; title: Epilogue: Algeria after Abd el-Kader.