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Edward Morlae
A firsthand World War I memoir brings readers into the French Foreign Legion through the eyes of an American volunteer. Best known for A Soldier of the Legion, this early 20th-century writer offers a vivid, close-up account of trench warfare and legion life.
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A Soldier of the Legion
by Edward Morlae
About the author
Little is firmly documented about Edward Morlae beyond his writing, but contemporary book records and digitized editions confirm that he is the author of A Soldier of the Legion, published in 1916.
That book is presented as a personal account of service in the French Foreign Legion during World War I, and it helped make his name associated with gritty, immediate writing about the war. Morlae's work stands out for its direct perspective on military life, the strain of combat, and the mix of men drawn into the Legion.
Because reliable biographical information about him is limited, it is safest to remember Morlae chiefly through this memoir and its portrait of wartime experience rather than through a well-documented personal history.