I live for books like these, authors who can go back effortlessly in history and make a novel of factual events. Philip has gone further in this one, not only does a masterfully explanation of the era both in the then of Britain and Afghanistan, but he also provides a context of the personal lives of the main characters of his story, Burns, Bella and Dost Mohammed. It is a fantastic read for anyone interested in the first Afghan war in which an army of 16000 was slaughtered by the vengeful Afghans. I thoroughly enjoyed this rich mishmash of historical fiction with faction. One aspect was very surprising in the narrative. The abundance of male-male relationships on both sides, British and the Afghans. Very surprising.
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