Conflict and Heritage in Kabul
Last week I finally found time to open a book I bought a few weeks ago, William Dalrymple’s latest epic on the First Anglo-Afghan war, Return of a King: the Battle for Afghanistan (Bloomsbury 2013). Having read a number of highly complementary reviews, and indeed, having recently heard the author speak on the topic at an event organised by the wonderful independent bookshop Topping & Co., in my parents’ home town of Ely, my expectations of enjoyment are high.
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