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Do You Like Kipling?
The wrong (and excruciating) answer to this is: ‘I don’t know, I’ve never kippled’ (this joke is courtesy of my father, more than 50 years ago, and it works a tiny bit better if spoken rather than read). I haven’t … Continue reading
The Disasters in Afghanistan
I have written before about the British experience in Afghanistan in the nineteenth century, but since then we have published more books about this mostly depressing topic, and, two weeks ago, the BBC put out a pair of programmes written … Continue reading
Posted in History, Travel and Exploration
Tagged Afghanistan, British India, Dost Mohammed Khan, first Anglo-Afghan war, Lady Sale, Napier, Outram
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