by William Dalrymple
bookshelves: afghanistan, fradio, history, india, colonial-overlords, radio-4, winter-20122013, published-2012, under-50-ratings, war Read from January 28 to February 02, 2013 BBC Blurb: In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks a...
BBC Blurb: 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...
I think the book is most likely a lot better then the abridged BBC version.
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