Return of a King The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42

Name: Return of a King The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
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ISBN: 9780307948533

ISBN-10: 0307948536

ISBN-13: 9780307948533

Edition: 2014

Authors: William Dalrymple

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From William Dalrymple—award-winning historian, journalist and travel writer—a masterly retelling of what was perhaps the West’s greatest imperial disaster in the East, and an important parable of neocolonial ambition, folly and hubris that has striking relevance to our own time.With access to newly discovered primary sources from archives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and India—including a series of previously untranslated Afghan epic poems and biographies—the author gives us the most immediate and comprehensive account yet of the spectacular first battle for Afghanistan: the British invasion of the remote kingdom in 1839. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed helmets, and facing…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/14/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 6.17" wide x 9.24" long x 1.23" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English