Description: Road to Kandahar : A Novel of the Second Afghan War 1878-80, Paperback by Smethurst, David, ISBN 1507530447, ISBN-13 9781507530443, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US October 6, 1879. The roar of guns and the shout of men reached a heightened pitch as the Highlanders and Gurkhas crested the ridgeline and attacked the Afghani trenches. Khaki and green uniforms mixed with the scarlet of the Afghans as the battle sea-sawed for a few minutes. Then the line of scarlet-clad Afghani troops wavered and broke. British Army lieutenant Robert Burton watched as thousands of Afghani troops fled in headlong retreat. The British had seized the first Road to Kandahar is an historical fiction novel about a forgotten period of history when Britain and Russia fought the very first Cold War in the heart of Asia. In this book, a British political officer, Robert Burton, and his friends, Richard Leary and Ali Masheed, fight a battle of wits against a cunning Russian political officer, Count Nikolai Kuragin. Against a backdrop of the high passes and deserts of Afghanistan, Burton, Leary and Ali must stop a potential Russian invasion during the Second Afghan War (1878-80) and fight against treachery and injustice within their own ranks.
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Book Title: Road to Kandahar : a Novel of the Second Afghan War, 1878-80
Number of Pages: 214 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Historical
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: David Smethurst
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
