Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841–2 - Couverture souple

Wynch Sale, Florentia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108044573 ISBN 13 : 9781108044578

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Wynch Sale Lady Florentia

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Lady Sale (née Florentia Wynch, 1790–1853) became an instant heroine when her journal of the disastrous events in Afghanistan in 1841–2 was published in 1843. The wife of Sir Robert Sale, second-in-command of the British forces, she was taken hostage, along with her daughter and baby grand-daughter, after the massacre of over 4,500 British troops at Kabul, while her husband commanded a besieged garrison at Jalalabad. The small group of hostages was moved from place to place, with only the clothes they stood up in, to evade attempts at rescue over a period of nine months. Eventually, they were able to bribe a tribal leader to release them, and they met up with a British rescue party just before Afghani pursuers overtook them. Lady Sale's diary, carried in a cloth bag at her waist, was published almost unedited, and is an extraordinary account of her ordeal.

Biographie de l'auteur :

She is 'Lady Sale' for front cover and title page.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1108044573
• ISBN 13: 9781108044578
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 480