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Author	Dalrymple, William.
Title	Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 / William Dalrymple.
Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	958 D	IN LIBRARY

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xxxviii, 515 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-497) and index.
Contents	No easy place to rule -- An unsettled mind -- The great game begins -- The mouth of hell -- The flag of holy war -- We fail from our ignorance -- All order is at an end -- The wail of bugles -- The death of a king -- A war for no wise purpose.
Subject	Shāh Shujāʻ, Amir of Afghanistan, 1780?-1842.
	Afghanistan -- History -- British Intervention, 1838-1842.
	British -- Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century.
	Afghanistan -- History, Military -- 19th century.
Added Title	Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
ISBN	9780307958280 (hbk.)
	0307958280 (hbk.)

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