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The Return of a King: Shah Shuja and the First Battle for Afghanistan
The Return of a King Shah Shuja and the First Battle for Afghanistan
Author: William Dalrymple
From the prizewinning historian, a masterly retelling of the first Afghan war, perhaps the West's greatest imperial disaster in the East: an important parable of neocolonial ambition and cultural collision, folly, and hubris. — With access to previously untapped primary sources, William Dalrymple gives us the most immediate and comprehensive acco...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307958280
ISBN-10: 0307958280
Publication Date: 4/2/2013
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
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