The Mulberry Empire

Philip Hensher

earliest edition we have, 2002 Flamingo, 2003 paperback 544 pages

The first Afghan War of 1839 (the English tried and failed to displace a potentate unfriendly to its colonial ambitions) is the subject of this fascinating US debut. Well-known British novelist and journalist Hensher introduces with considerable flair a dauntingly large cast of characters in England and Kabul, with sidetrips to India and Russia, in a flexible omniscient narrator’s voice that frequently underscores h...

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The Mulberry Empire paperback · 2003 · Flamingo · 544 pages · 9780007112272
The Mulberry Empire paperback · 2003 · Anchor · 496 pages · 9781400030897
The Mulberry Empire edition · 2002 · Alfred A. Knopf · 481 pages

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