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Wes F
May 22, 2014 rated it it was ok
I loved, really loved, Hensher's debut historical fiction book on the Anglo-Afghan War. This one--not so much. It was too tedious and dragged...and then really never got anywhere (even after 600+ pages!)... ...more
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