{"product_id":"9780007112272","title":"The Mulberry Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hensher, Philip \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/02\/2003,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 544 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780007112272,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling novel from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency and King of the Badgers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘The Mulberry Empire’ recounts an episode in the Great Game in central Asia – the courtship, betrayal and invasion of Afghanistan in the 1830s by the emissaries of Her Majesty’s Empire, which is followed by the bloody and summary expulsion of the British from Kabul following an Afghani insurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e At its heart the encounter between West and East, as embodied in the likeable, complex relationship between Alexander Burnes, leader of the initial British expeditionary party, and the wily, cultured Afghani ruler, the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For those who enjoyed William Dalrymple’s ‘Return of a King’, ‘The Mulberry Empire’ is a must-read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697927618604,"sku":"9780007112272","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780007112272.jpg?v=1722607471","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9780007112272","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}