Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307948533ISBN-10:307948536UPC:9780307948533Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Europe, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Central Asia, Great BritainAward:2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee - Nonfiction AwardSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.7527Product ID:SCNXHKEH8W
Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
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. The British were forced to retreat--and were then ambushed in the mountains by simply-equipped Afghan...Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307948533ISBN-10:307948536UPC:9780307948533Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, Europe, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Central Asia, Great BritainAward:2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee - Nonfiction AwardSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.7527Product ID:SCNXHKEH8W
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; From the Holy Mountain; White Mughals, which won Britain's Wolfson History Prize; and The Last Mughal, which won the Duff Cooper Prize for History and Biography. He is a contributor to The New York...
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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🏆 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee - Nonfiction Award
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