Return Of A King: The Battle For Afghanistan William Dalrymple Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Shortlisted For The Samuel Johnson Prize 2013\ As Taut And Richly Embroidered A Great Novel Masterpiece\ Sunday Telegraph\ Dazzling\ Times \ Magnificent\ Guardian Sparkling\ Daily Telegrapha Towering History Of First Afghan War By Bestselling Historian William Dalrymple In Spring 1839 Britain Invaded Afghanistan Time Nearly 20 000 British East India Company Troops Poured Through High Mountain Passes Re-Established On Throne Shah Shuja Ul-Mulk Way Faced Little Resistance But After Two Years Occupation People Rose Answer To Call Jihad Country Exploded Into Violent Rebellion Anglo-Afghan Ended Britain\ S Greatest Military Humiliation Nineteenth Century: An Entire Army Then Most Powerful Nation World Ambushed Retreat Utterly Routed Poorly Equipped Tribesmen Using Range Forgotten Indian Sources Dalrymple\ Masterful Retelling Imperial Disaster Is Parable Colonial Ambition Cultural Collision Folly Hubris Return King At Its Urgent Important Σελίδες: 608 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0201 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm