The Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan
- ISBN-10
- 1408818302
- ISBN-13
- 9781408818305
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 567
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- William Dalrymple
Description
In 1839 18,000 British troops marched into Afghanistan. Three years later, only one man emerged to tell the tale...... A towering history of the first Afghan war by bestselling historian William Dalrymple.
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