Ebook {Epub PDF} Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple

A towering history of the first Afghan War by bestselling historian William Dalrymple. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, About the Author. William Dalrymple is the bestselling author of In Xanadu, City of Djinns, From the Holy Mountain, The Age of Kali, White Mughals, The Last Mughal and, most recently, Nine bltadwin.rus: A critical review of William Dalrymple’s‘Return of a King’. 1 year ago. by The Frontier Post. Written by The Frontier Post. Farrukh Husain. THE GREAT GAME. Dalrymple believes that the first Anglo-Afghan war occurred due to the Great Game between Russia and Britain for territory in Asia and the British desire to safeguard India. The British official presentation of their views was that the real fear they had Estimated Reading Time: 13 mins.  · The Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan. The Return of a King.: William Dalrymple. AC Black, Jan 1, - History - pages. 14 /5(14).

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Print (Hardcover,) ISBN. Preceded by. Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, written by the Scottish historian William Dalrymple and published in , is an account of the First Anglo–Afghan War from to Dalrymple explains the byzantine complexity of Afghanistan’s age-old tribal rivalries, their stranglehold on politics, and how they ensnared both the British of the nineteenth century and NATO forces today. Rich with newly discovered primary sources, this stunning narrative is the definitive account of the first battle for Afghanistan. William Dalrymple seeks contemporary lessons in Britain’s disastrous 19th-century invasion of Afghanistan.