The Scourge of the Desert
London: Brown Watson Ltd., no date circa (1936). Reprint. Hardcover. 18.5 x 12 cm. 255pp. Bound into red cloth. Spine lettering is a but faded and rubbed. Very Good. Item #91482
A man of many names, Operator 1384 was a pseudonym of David Harvey John Jones who also wrote under the names of John Henry Harvey, Ex-legionnaire 1384 and John Barrington. Harvey (or whatever he real name was) was an Englishman who joined and then deserted the French Foreign Legion in Syria in 1926. He wrote several books about his time serving with some being more fictionalized than others.
For more information on Harvey see the articles "Escape from the Legion" part 1 and 2 on the site Bear Alley.
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