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The return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan
by Dalrymple, William
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9781408818305
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London : Bloomsbury , 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xl, 567 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, genealogical tables ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: A towering history of the first Afghan War by best-selling historian William Dalrymple In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British faced little resistance. Subjects: British Afghanistan History 19th century. Afghanistan History British Intervention, 1838-1842. Afghanistan History, Military 19th century. Genre: History. Language: English.
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WILLIAM DALRYMPLE is the author of seven previous works of history and travel, including City of Djinns, which won the Young British Writer of the Year Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award; the best-selling From the Holy Mountain; White Mughals, which won Britain’s most prestigious history prize, the Wolfson; and The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize for History and Biography. He divides his time between New Delhi and London, and is a contributor to The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker.
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- Title
- The return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan
- Author
- Dalrymple, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1408818302
- ISBN 13
- 9781408818305
- Publisher
- London : Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2013
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