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The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842

Catégorie: Loisirs créatifs, décoration et passions, Romans et littérature
Auteur: Kathy Blackwell, Rosanna Ley
Éditeur: Jeff Lemire, Anthony Browne
Publié: 2018-09-02
Écrivain: Eloisa James
Langue: Hollandais, Tchèque, Anglais, Croate
Format: pdf, eBook Kindle

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The Dark Defile (Diana Preston) » p.1 » Библиотека Цельза - Книги... - Just as Britain had the world's most powerful navy, Russia in the nineteenth century had by far the largest army—well over half a million men. This first war of Queen Victoria's reign proved more perilous than either the politicians who ordered the invasion or the generals who conducted it

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