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The Military Operations at Cabul-The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42 & Rough Notes During Imprisonment in Affghanistan, 1843 (Paperback)
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The Military Operations at Cabul-The Kabul Insurrection of 1841-42 & Rough Notes During Imprisonment in Affghanistan, 1843 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R498
Discovery Miles 4 980
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A classic account of the war in Afghanistan
This is a well known and highly regarded book concerning the First
Afghan War, it was written by a senior British soldier who
experienced the conflict at first hand and wrote a substantial part
of his narratives whilst actually imprisoned by the Afghans. Eyre
and his family were captured by Akbar Khan and held for nine months
until rescued by General Pollock's forces. Some of the manuscript
was smuggled out of his cell while he remained a captive and on its
arrival in England it was published. At the time, Eyre's account
and that recounting similar experiences by Lady Florentia Sale
(also available as a Leonaur edition) were considered companion
pieces that would enable the British public to understand the
Afghan debacle, the disaster that had there befallen the army under
Elphinstone and the resulting annihilation of the army in the
Afghan passes as it struggled to retreat into India. This book
necessarily relates the First Afghan War in all its appalling
detail and it therefore has few equals, as a consequence it is a
source work of the most important and invaluable kind that is
essential reading for all those interested in the subject as well
as a vital addition to any library on the history of the British in
Afghanistan.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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