<p><b>'One of the greatest adventure stories in years.' </b>– <b>Chris Patten </b><br><br><b>'The drama, excitement and colour of a good guts-and-glory thriller.' </b>– <b>Dr. Henry Kissinger </b><br><br>The French Foreign Legion – mysterious, romantic, deadly – is filled with men of dubious character, and hardly the place for a proper Englishman just nineteen years of age. Yet in 1960, Simon Murray traveled alone to Paris, Marseilles, and on to Algeria to fulfill the toughest contract of his life: a five-year stint in the Legion. Along the way, he kept a diary.<br><br><i>Legionnaire</i> is a compelling, firsthand account of Murray's experience with this legendary band of soldiers. Subjected to brutal sergeants, merciless training methods and barbaric punishments – all in the hostile, sun-baked North African desert – Murray and hi
