BOOKS FROM SWITZERLANDThe Passionate Nomad; The Diary of Isabelle Eberhardt
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Set in Algeria
Female author
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Isabelle Eberhardt went to North Africa in the late 1800's, became a fervent Muslim and spent the rest of her short life travelling the Sahara on horseback dressed as a man. Her diaries record her strange, nomadic lifestyle, her love of the desert and her unique understanding of Arabic culture and politics.
