# Return of a King

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- Book: [Return of a King](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dalrymple/return-of-a-king) ([Return of a King.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dalrymple/return-of-a-king.md))
- Authors: [William Dalrymple](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dalrymple)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0794-853-3
- Pages: 592
- Published: 2014-01-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A Best Book of the Year: The Economist, Slate, Kirkus Reviews In 1839, nearly 20,000 British troops poured through the mountain passes into Afghanistan and installed the exiled Shah Shuja on the throne...