Name: The Mulberry Empire par Philip Hensher
SKU: 9780007112272
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The Mulberry Empire Résumé

The Mulberry Empire Philip Hensher

The bestselling novel from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency and King of the Badgers.

'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.

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.

For those who enjoyed William Dalrymple's 'Return of a King', 'The Mulberry Empire' is a must-read.

The Mulberry Empire Avis

'Prepare to be dazzled ... A really terrific read' Daily Telegraph

'There is pleasure here, in passion and in absurdity, in landscape and in conversation, in costume and in food. There is pleasure, above all, in writing. A delightful entertainment, a timely social and political commentary, and a highly literary and ambitious novel.' Ahdaf Soueif, Guardian

'Outstanding...Hensher reveals the significance of the small moment, of great figures seen in close-up, and of a subtle, sensuous intimacy with the fabric of these long-gone lives. The effect is exhilarating.' Helen Dunmore, The Times

'A huge, perhaps unique achievement...deeply human, gorgeous, glittering and never dull.' Murrough O'Brien, Independent on Sunday

'Exuberant, overflowing with life, highly-coloured, entrancing: a novel to lose yourself in...Nabokov said that the novelist must be storyteller, teacher, and enchanter. In this novel Hensher is triumphantly all three.' Allan Massie, Scotsman

'Loaded with exotic local detail, from London to Calcutta, St Petersburg to Kabul...Irresistible.' Daily Mail

À propos de Philip Hensher

Philip Hensher is a columnist for the Independent, arts critic for the Spectator and a Granta Best of Young British novelist. He has written six novels, including The Mulberry Empire and the Booker-shortlisted The Northern Clemency, and one collection of short stories. He lives in South London.

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Sku

GOR001906747

ISBN 13

9780007112272

ISBN 10

0007112270

Titre

The Mulberry Empire Philip Hensher

Auteur

Philip Hensher

État

Occasion - Très bon état

Relié

Broché

Éditeur

HarperCollins Publishers

Année de publication

20030203

Nombre de pages

544

Prix

N/A

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