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14 de jan. de 2014 · A Best Book of the Year: The Economist, Slate, Kirkus Reviews. In 1839, nearly 20,000 British troops poured through the mountain passes into Afghanistan and installed the exiled Shah Shuja on the throne as their puppet. But after little more than two years, the Afghans exploded into rebellion.
- William Dalrymple
- $16.8
- Vintage
Return of a King is an account of the First Anglo-Afghan War, which was fought between the East India Company and Afghanistan. The conflict resulted in the near complete destruction of an entire British army, with 4,500 British and Indian soldiers, plus 12,000 of their camp followers dying during a disastrous retreat. [3]
- William Dalrymple
- 2012
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1 de jan. de 2014 · 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...
- illustrated, reprint
- William Dalrymple
- Bloomsbury, 2014
Books. Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan. William Dalrymple. Bloomsbury Publishing, Feb 4, 2013 - History - 608 pages. SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013. 'As...
- reprint
- William Dalrymple
- Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013
Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important. Read an extract.
Return of a King. The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42. By William Dalrymple. Best Seller. Category: Middle Eastern World History | Military History. Category: 1950 – Present Military History | Middle Eastern World History | European World History. Paperback $22.00. Jan 14, 2014| ISBN 9780307948533. Buy. Ebook $9.99. Apr 16, 2013| ISBN 9780307958297
