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The Dark Defile : Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842 Diana Preston

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Author: Diana Preston
Published Date: 14 Feb 2012
Publisher: Walker & Company
Language: English
Book Format: Hardback::307 pages, ePub
ISBN10: 0802779824
Country New York, NY, United States
Dimension: 165.1x 243.84x 33.02mm::204.12g

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