Description
An English aristocrat, disgraced and falsely accused, chooses exile over ruin—faking his death and slipping into the French Foreign Legion under an assumed identity. In the harsh sweep of desert campaigns, he is drawn into a web of old loyalties and new passions, including the fiercely devoted Cigarette, whose love and courage complicate every hard-won hope. Across two continents, the novel turns on questions of honor, sacrifice, and redemption, blending melodramatic romance with the stark realities of displacement and survival. Written in Ouida’s distinctive sensational style—lush, emotionally charged, and driven by dramatic reversals—this enduring adventure explores what it costs to protect others when one’s own name and future have been taken away.
Available Editions
paperback
Oxford University Press
Published Jan 1, 1995
528 pages
ISBN: 0192823280
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Details
First Published
1867
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Under Two Flags by Ouida.