'As taut and richly embroidered as a great novel. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important. Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. The First Anglo-Afghan War ended in Britain's greatest military humiliation of the nineteenth century: an entire army of the then most powerful nation in the world ambushed in retreat and utterly routed by poorly equipped tribesmen. But after two years of occupation, the Afghan people rose in answer to the call for jihad and the country exploded into violent rebellion. On the way in, the British faced little resistance. 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.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013 'Dazzling' Sunday Times 'Magnificent' Guardian 'Sparkling' Daily Telegraph In the spring of 1839, Britain invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Return of a King The Battle for Afghanistan By: William Dalrymple Narrated by: Sagar Arya Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins 4.6 (73 ratings) Try for £0.
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