Download or read book Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica written by Hamish Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica' was written between 1942 & 1947, when Hamish Henderson was serving in the North African desert during the Second World War. Each elegy pays tribute to the men who fought with & against him, their lives portrayed with great sympathy & compassion, while the desert itself becomes the unforgiving enemy.