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Jan 31, 20 due to the novelty of the sources and dalrymples unique interpretation, return of a king is still a great read for those who know a lot about this period in history. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 british and east india company troops poured through the high mountain passes and reestablished on the throne shah shuja ulmulk. William dalrymple in august 1765 the east india company defeated the young mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by english merchants who collected taxes through means of a ruthless private army what we would now call an act of involuntary privatisation. Disclaimers contact wikipedia developers statistics cookie statement mobile view. William dalrymples colourful history of the first british campaign in afghanistan draws effective parallels with recent events, writes ian. The return of a king is the definitive analysis of the first afghan war.
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Of dalrymples recent works, return of a king is perhaps the most directly relevant to the present day. My immense respect for him for going out to war torn afghanistan especially kandhahar, kabul and herat to do this detailed research on the book. Praise for william dalrymple s return of a king brilliant. Britain, france, russia, the sikhs or the afghan tribes themselves. Read city of djinns a year in delhi by william dalrymple available from rakuten kobo. And as for counsel, to you i would say that you are overlate in repairing the wall of the pelennor. The east india company, corporate violence, and the pillage of an empire english edition by william dalrymple chm pdf pdb. May 06, 2018 download the return of the king ebook in epub, mobi and pdf format. The battle for afghanistan by william dalrymple editor. At the age of twentytwo, william dalrymple left his college in cambridge to travel to the ruins of kublai khans stately pleasure dome in xanadu.
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