Senin, 02 April 2018

The Quest for Zerzura

Laszlo Almasy pioneered the aerial exploration of the North African desert, locating Egypt’s legendary ‘lost oasis.’ Unlike the title character of the Oscar-winning 1996 film The English Patient, the real-life Laszlo Almasy didn’t leap from trains or have a passionate affair with a British colleague’s wife. But the movie is partly based on fact: Almasy …

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