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The battle for afghanistan, 183942 by william dalrymple. The battle for afghanistan, written by the scottish historian william dalrymple and published in 2012, is an account of the first angloafghan war from 1839 to 1842. Reading this extremely wellresearched account of the conflict including substantial reliance on afghan sources can make for painful reading for a western audience. Return of a king the battle for afghanistan by william dalrymple. Return of a king is much different in that it chronicles the events over a few years when the british invaded afghanistan, retreated, got slaughtered and then attacked again just to show their might before heading back. The book house of stuyvesant plaza the bookery the kings english. We furnish the utter variation of this ebook in epub. Informed by the authors decadeslong firsthand knowledge of afghanistan, and superbly shaped by his hallmark gifts as a narrative historian and his singular eye for the evocation of place and culture, the return of a king is both the definitive analysis of the first angloafghan war and a work of stunning topicality. Against this backdrop, the eminent british historian william dalrymple turns to that war in the return of a king, a wellresearched and lucidly written account of the period. Jun 26, 20 darkness begins to envelop the sullen and lifeless landscape, a metaphor for the ominous british ending to its first afghanistan excursion.
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The return of a king focuses on the first british battle for afghanistan in 183942, where the british military under the command of the east india company, reinstated shah shuja to replace dost mohammad on the afghan throne, before facing an uprising the following year. Return of a king by william dalrymple overdrive rakuten. Telecharger livre numerique maltese falcon, the bbc radio crimes, livres a. The story of the british invasion of afghanistan in 183942 what was later called the first afghan war can be briefly told. The battle for afghanistan is a nonfiction book by william dalyrmple, author of critically acclaimed books like xanadu, city of djinns, white mughals and the last mughal. Return of a king is a work of deep scholarship, informed by the authors decades of engagement with india and extensive research in pakistan and afghanistan the times a major contribution to the historiography of southwest asia and of the british empire. Prizewinning and bestselling historian william dalrymples masterful retelling of britain. The conflict resulted in the near complete destruction of an entire british army, with deaths of 4,500 british and indian soldiers, plus 12,000 of their camp followers.
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