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Beyond All Frontiers by Emma Drummond
bookshelves: afghanistan, tbr-busting-2013, winter-20122013, india, under-100-ratings, hardback, historical-fiction, one-penny-wonder, colonial-overlords, war
Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura
Read from June 24, 2012 to January 30, 2013
Dedicated to the memory of my friend
Major General George N. Wood, CB,
CBE, DSO, MC, who was always so
generous with advice, encouragement
and praise.
Opening Quote:
Nor look thee 'ere beyond this kingdom
Beyond all frontiers of love and pain.
For thine eyes will tire and see no more
the truth. It will blind thee. Anon.
Map
opening: The two men sprawled at ease on the spiky grass beneath a jasmine tree.
#36 TBR Busting 2013
5* result from Brazilliant and Misfit.
New to me author.
A personal tale of family and intrigue set against the backdrop of The Great Game and 1st Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842). Lead personality, Charlotte, could have done with a slap. She is as snarling as on the front cover.
'Remnants of an Army' by Elizabeth Butler portraying William Brydon arriving at the gates of Jalalabad as the only survivor of a 16,500 strong evacuation from Kabul in January 1842.
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