Under Two Flags : A Classic Novel of the British in Algeria

Ouida (1839 – 1908) was the pen name of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé. One of her most famous novels, Under Two Flags, described the British in Algeria in the most extravagant of terms, while nonetheless also expressing sympathy for the French--with whom Ouida deeply identified--and, to some extent, the Arabs. This book went on to be staged in plays, and subsequently to be turned into at least three movies.