The Novel is moving back and forth through the memories of a severely burned man from before and after his accident. He is being cared for by a nurse named Hana at Villa San Girolamo in an italian monastery after the area had been bombed. His only possession is an old and heavily annotated copy of The Histories by Herodotus. Hana would read to him out loud it gives him vivid memories of traveling through the desert, but he cannot remember his name. He believes others assume he is an englishman based on the sound of his voice. The patient is actually is László de Almásy a hungarian count and dessert explorer, also one of many british cartography groups.
Caravaggio is a Canadian thief that is in the British Foreign Intelligence Service, had …show more content…
One of the soldiers was named Kip, decides to stay at the Villa to try and seize any unexploded ordnances. Kip is an Indian Sikh (is a panentheistic religion that originated in the Punjab Region of the Indian Subcontinent during the 15th century), a Sapper (Combat Engineer), specializes in bomb and ordnance disposal. The English patient and Kip immediately become friends.
While being sedated by morphine, the patient reveals everything; how he was in love with and Englishwoman named Katharine Clifton. Katharine and her husband Geoffrey had attended Almasy’s desert exploration team. He was mesmerized by her voice as she read Histories by the campfire outloud. Not too long after they began intense affair,but Katharine had ended the affair. She claimed her husband would go mad if he learned about the …show more content…
But as the plane flies low over Almasy instantly crashes and Geoffrey is instantly killed. But at that moment he learns Katharine was aboard the plane, she suffered internal injuries. On his way to get Katharine help Almasy has to leave her in the Cave of Swimmers (is a cave with ancient rock art in the mountainous Gilf Kebir plateau of the Libyan Desert section of the Sahara) for safety. As he begins his three day journey to British Controlled El Taj, he is informed by Caravaggio that British intelligence knows about the affair. He is immediately captured as a spy, just because of his name even though he told them about Katherine's condition at the time. Some time passes before he is allowed to guide a group of German spies across the desert all the way to Cairo. When he’s able to retrieve Katharines body from the cave and to a plane to go back to Cairo, the feeble plane leaks oil onto him. Somehow they both catch fire, he was able to parachute off the plane and is later found by the Bedouin (a nomadic Arab of the
Caravaggio is a Canadian thief that is in the British Foreign Intelligence Service, had …show more content…
One of the soldiers was named Kip, decides to stay at the Villa to try and seize any unexploded ordnances. Kip is an Indian Sikh (is a panentheistic religion that originated in the Punjab Region of the Indian Subcontinent during the 15th century), a Sapper (Combat Engineer), specializes in bomb and ordnance disposal. The English patient and Kip immediately become friends.
While being sedated by morphine, the patient reveals everything; how he was in love with and Englishwoman named Katharine Clifton. Katharine and her husband Geoffrey had attended Almasy’s desert exploration team. He was mesmerized by her voice as she read Histories by the campfire outloud. Not too long after they began intense affair,but Katharine had ended the affair. She claimed her husband would go mad if he learned about the …show more content…
But as the plane flies low over Almasy instantly crashes and Geoffrey is instantly killed. But at that moment he learns Katharine was aboard the plane, she suffered internal injuries. On his way to get Katharine help Almasy has to leave her in the Cave of Swimmers (is a cave with ancient rock art in the mountainous Gilf Kebir plateau of the Libyan Desert section of the Sahara) for safety. As he begins his three day journey to British Controlled El Taj, he is informed by Caravaggio that British intelligence knows about the affair. He is immediately captured as a spy, just because of his name even though he told them about Katherine's condition at the time. Some time passes before he is allowed to guide a group of German spies across the desert all the way to Cairo. When he’s able to retrieve Katharines body from the cave and to a plane to go back to Cairo, the feeble plane leaks oil onto him. Somehow they both catch fire, he was able to parachute off the plane and is later found by the Bedouin (a nomadic Arab of the