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9780007112265
This novel recounts an episode in the Great Game in Central Asia - the courtship, betrayal and invasion of Afghanistan in the 1830s by the emissaries of Her Majesty's Empire, followed by the expulsion of Brits from Kabul following an Afghani revolt.Philip Hensher is the author of 'The Mulberry Empire', published 2002 under ISBN 9780007112265 and ISBN 0007112262.
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