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375. Algerian Revolution: The French Invasion (Ep 1)

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There's this extraordinary moment when Hussein Dey, the last ruler of independent Algiers, gets into a furious argument with the French consul, who's a guy called Pierre de Val, over this unpaid French debt. And he swats the French consul with a fly whisk.

William Dalrymple

375. Algerian Revolution: The French In…

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