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The Mulberry Empire, or, The Two Virtuous Journeys of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan
by Philip Hensher
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0007112270
- ISBN 13
- 9780007112272
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins / Flamingo. Trade Paperbac. 2003. First Paperbac. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First paperback printing / full number line. Near Fine. In terior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased; head bumped. Light co rner wear. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 535 pages. A novel based on the British experience in Afghanistan in the 1830s. It has at its heart the encounter between West and East as embodied in the complex relationship between the leader of the initial British expeditionary party, and the wily, cultured Afghani ruler. .
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- Books of the World
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000000146
- Title
- The Mulberry Empire, or, The Two Virtuous Journeys of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan
- Author
- Philip Hensher
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007112270
- ISBN 13
- 9780007112272
- Publisher
- HarperCollins / Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- fiction, history, biographical, historical, Great Game, adventure, adventurers, explorers, war, war stories, women, Alexander Burnes, Bella Garraway, Dost Mohammad Khan, Barakzai dynasty, Britain, British, Scots, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Afghan Wars, In
- Bookseller catalogs
- India; Exploration, Expeditions, and Discoveries; History; Military and Defense; Fiction; Biographies; Asia; Britain;
- Size
- 8vo
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- Fine
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