The way I see it, there is no greater spiritual beauty than fanaticism, of a sort so sincere it can only end in martyrdom.

She had rented a house for the occasion. She married Slimane Ehnni an Algerian soldier on October 17 1901 in Marseille. Her first trip to North Africa was with her mother in May 1897 whereby her mother was hoping to meet up with Augustin.

She died in a flash flood in the desert at the age of 27. Isabelle Eberhardt (17 February 1877 – 21 October 1904) was a Swiss explorer and writer who lived and travelled extensively in North Africa. For her time Isabelle Eberhardt was a liberated individual who rejected conventional European morality in favour of her own path and that of Islam.