The Mulberry Empire

''The Mulberry Empire'' 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, which is followed by the bloody and summary expulsion of the British from Kabul following an Afghani insurrection. At its heart the encounter between West and East, as embodied in the likeable, complex relationship between Alexander Burnes, leader of the initial British expeditionary party, and the wily, cultured Afghani ruler, the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan. For those who enjoyed William Dalrymple''s ''Return of a King'', ''The Mulberry Empire'' is a must-read.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Hensher, Hensher Philip
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2003
• EAN: 9780007112272
• ISBN: 978-0-00-711227-2
• No. of pages: 535
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Flamingo Pocketbooks; Flamingo Pocketbooks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Afghanistan, FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, British Empire, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, War & combat fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Historical adventure fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Alternative history fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Fiction based on or inspired by true events