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Soldier Sahibs

Allen, Charles
Soldier Sahibs
The men who made the North-West Frontier...
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Code: FCASS1209PB
SOLDIER SAHIBS is the astonishing story of a brotherhood of young men who together laid claim to the most notorious frontier in the world, the North-West Frontier, which today forms the volatile boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Known collectively as 'Henry Lawrence's young men', each had distinguished himself in the East India Company's wars in the Punjab before going on to make his name as a 'political' on the Frontier - Herbert Edwardes, who 'pacified' Bannu; John Nicholson, a forebear of the author who became the terror of the Sikhs as 'Nikkal Seyn'; 'Uncle' James Abbot of Hazara, and many others. Based on the real-life diaries, journals and letters of these characters * Average condition - Cover & spine wear/creasing, back pages have some water damage but still easily readable * Abacus Books 2001 Edition * ISBN 9780349114569 *
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