The First Anglo-Afghan War (TRIH ep 88)
1839 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Willie Dalrymple about the First Anglo-Afghan War, guided by Dalrymple's book The Return of a King (noted as part of his Company Quartet). The conversation traces the spy-driven origins of the conflict, the sighting of Russian agents by George Rawlinson, East India Company paranoia, and the bungled British expedition via the Punjab and Baluchi Desert. Dalrymple narrates the occupation of Kabul, social life of the British there, the personal in...
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