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The Lost Oasis: The Desert War and the Hunt for Zerzura Saul Kelly. The Lost Oasis tells the true story behind the film The English Patient. An extraordinary episode in WWII, it describes the Zerzura Club, a group of desert explorers and adventurers who search the desert for lost civilizations. In reality, they were mapping the desert for military reasons and espionage.

The Lost Oasis: Publisher Westview 2002 hardback 302 pages lovely edition