LegionnaireLegionnaire by Simon Murray is an enthralling memoir that takes readers deep into the harsh realities of a young Englishman's journey into one of the most enigmatic and formidable military forces in the world: the French Foreign Legion. In 1960, at just nineteen years old, Simon Murray decided to embark on an adventure that would forever change his life. He travelled alone from England to Paris, then Marseilles, and finally on to the unforgiving