Publication

2014 - Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

128,750 words, Guess

Page Count

515 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC958.1/03
  • LCCDS359.7 .D35 2014
  • LCCDS359.7.D35 2014

Description

A towering history of the first Afghan War by bestselling 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

Places

People

Shāh Shujāʻ Amir of Afghanistan (1780?-1842)

Times

19th centuryBritish Intervention, 1838-1842

Other Editions

  • The return of a kingVintage Books, a division of Random House LLC2014

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