The English patient, Ondaatje, Michael
Chronological summaryAlmasy is a Hungarian count (graaf), together with Madox, Geoffrey Clifton and Katharine Clifton he searches for the lost oasis Zerzura in the Egyptian desert. The Greek writer Herodotus has written about Zerzura. Almasy has a copy of Herodotus' 'Histories',in wich he takes notes. He never goes anywhere without this book. They have a base camp in Uweinat.
Almasy falls in love with Katharine when she is reading his Herodotus. Geoffrey finds this out and he gets jeaulous.
Then WW II begins and they have to stop their desert Expedition. They have to come back one more time to Uweinat to pack-up their base camp. Almasy is already there when Geoffrey and his wife arrive by plane. Geoffrey lets his plane