Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 by Dalrymple, William - 2013

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NY: Knopf, 2013. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. With access to newly discovered primary sources from archives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and India—including a series of previously untranslated Afghan epic poems and biographies—the author gives us the most immediate and comprehensive account yet of the spectacular first battle for Afghanistan: the British invasion of the remote kingdom in 1839. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed helmets, and facing little resistance, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the mountain passes from India into Afghanistan in order to reestablish Shah Shuja ul-Mulk on the throne, and as their puppet. But after little more than two years, the Afghans rose in answer to the call for jihad and the country exploded into rebellion. This First Anglo-Afghan War ended with an entire army of what was then the most powerful military nation in the world ambushed and destroyed in… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dj Has Very Light Edgewear. Light Wear.

New York: Knopf, 2013. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrated in color and in black and white. xxxviii, 515 pages. Thick 8vo, burgundy cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Some neat penciling, otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> History of the First Afghan War.<br/> <br/>

Knopf, USA, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fine. Book First US edition. Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding tight, spine fine. Deckled edges (rough cut) slightly spotted. ISBN/EAN: 9780307958280.. 9780307958280