the Tuareg as veiled, turbaned medieval paladins; but the explorer was already shaken by the premature death of his fiancée, and embittered by the controversy, he committed suicide in 1892. Works References Sources Further reading The Introduction is available online. External links History of the Sahara Explorers from Paris 1840 births 1892 deaths Tuareg Suicides in France 1890s suicides