Acknowledgements

  Whilesomeofthecharactersearinthisbookarebasedonhistoricalfigures,andwhilemanyoftheareasdescribed—suchastheGilfKebiranditssurroundi—exist,andwereexplorediisimportanttostressthatthisstoryisafiandthattheportraitsofthecharactersearinitarefial,asaresomeoftheeventsandjourneys.

  IwouldliketothanktheRoyalGeographicalSociety,London,forallowioreadarchivalmaterialandtogleanfromtheirGeographicalJournalstheworldofexplorersandtheirjourneys—ofteifullyrecordedbytheirwriters.IhavequotedapassagefromHassaneinBey’sarticle“ThroughKufratoDarfur”(),describingsandstorms,andIhavedrawnfromhimandotherexplorerstoevokethedesertofthe

  IwouldliketoaowledgeinformationdrawnfromDr.

  RichardA.Hermann’s“HistoricalProblemsoftheLibya”()andR.A.Bagnold’sreviewofAlmasy’smonographonhisexplorationsinthedesert.

  ManybookswereimportanttomeinmyresearexplodedBombbyMajorA.B.Hartleyeciallyusefulinre-creatingthestruofbombsandindescribiishbombdisposalunitsatthestartofWorldWarII.Ihavequoteddirectlyfromhisbook(theitalicizedlihe“InSitu”se)andhavebasedsomeofKirpalSinghsmethodsofdefusingonactualteiquesthatHartleyrecords.Informationfoundiient’snotebookoureofcertainwindsisdrawnfromLyallWatson’swonderfulbookHeaveh,directquotesappearinginquotationmarks.Thesefromthedaules-GygesstoryinHerodotus’sHistoriesisfromthetranslationbyG.C.Mc-Cauley(Macmillan).OtherquotationsfromHerodotususetheDavidGreranslation(UyofChicagoPress).ThelialipageisbyChristopherSmart;thelinesinitalipagearefromJohnMiltonsParadiseLost;thelineHanaremembersonpageisbyAnneWilkinson.IwouldalsoliketoaowledgeAlanMoorehead’sTheVillaDiana,whichdiscussesthelifeofPolizianoinTusy.OtherimportantbookswereMaryMcCarthy’sTheStonesofFlorence;LeonardMosley’sThedtheMice;G.W.L.Nicholson’sTheadiansinItaly-?andada’sNursingSisters;TheMarshalldishEncyclopaediaofWorldWarH;F.Yeats-Brown’sMartialIndia;andthreeotherbooksontheIndianmilitary:TheTigerStrikesaigerKills,publishedinbytheDirectorateofPublicRelations,NewDelhi,India,andARollofHonor.

  ThankstotheEnglishdepartmentatGlendonCollege,YorkUy,theVillaSerbelloni,theRockefellerFoundation,aropolitanTorontoReferenceLibrary.

  Iwouldliketothankthefollowingfortheirgeneroushelp:ElisabethDennys,wholetmereadherletterswrittenfromEgyptduringthewar;SisterMargaretattheVillaSanGirolamo;MichaelWilliamsonattheNationalLibraryofada,Ottawa;AnnaJardine;RodneyDennys;LindaSpalding;EllenLevine.AndLallyMarwah,DouglasLePan,DavidYoungandDonyaPeroff.

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