The English Patient
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The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian campaign of World War II: an un
First edition cover
Villa San Girolamo in Fiesole (Florence)
Triumph 3HW 350cc motorcycle used by Kip in the novel
László Almásy
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László Adolf Ede György Mária Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader, and sportsman who served as the basis for the protagon
Almásy, c. 1945
Almásy’s commemorative plaque in Hungarian at Bernstein Castle
Ladislaus Almásy memorial plaque at Bernstein Castle
Bust of Almásy at the Hungarian Geographical Museum in Érd