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Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier
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Description for Soldier Sahibs: The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier
Paperback. Drawing extensively on the men's diaries, journals and letters, this text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JF; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
This text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier, which in the late 1990s forms the volatile boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Known collectively as Henry Lawrence's Young Men, each had distinguished himself in the East India Company's wars in the Punjab in the 1840s before going out to carve out names for themselves as politicals on the frontier. Drawing extensively on the men's diaries, journals and letters, Charles Allen weaves the individual stories of these Soldier ... Read more
This text retells the story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to one of the most notorious frontiers in the world: India's north-west frontier, which in the late 1990s forms the volatile boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Known collectively as Henry Lawrence's Young Men, each had distinguished himself in the East India Company's wars in the Punjab in the 1840s before going out to carve out names for themselves as politicals on the frontier. Drawing extensively on the men's diaries, journals and letters, Charles Allen weaves the individual stories of these Soldier ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
286g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848547162
SKU
V9781848547162
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About Paperback
Charles Allen was born in India, where six generations of his family served under the British Raj. After being educated in England, he returned to the Indian sub-continent in 1966 to work with Voluntary Service Overseas in Nepal. He ended his service with a long walk through the Himalayas that won him the Sunday Telegraph Traveller of the year ... Read more
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