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Buy this book on-line WILCOX,JOHN: : THE ROAD TO KANDAHAR - A SIMON FONTHILL NOVEL.[Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING,2005. ISBN 0755309847.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE-.No owner inscrptn but author's neat black ink handwritten signature - without dedication or date - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour painting detail (Saving the Guns at Maiwand,27th July,1880,by R. Caton Woodville.) illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+ brown lettering and a publisher's 'SIGNED COPY' circular adhesive label to front panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - though tiniest of snicks at head of spine and small 1/2" (approx) closed tear to top,front corner of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 306pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters and author's note towards rear,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED,title page,a dedication, acknowledgements,b/w map (Afghanistan and surrounding States in 1879) and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book.
In 1879 the North West Frontier,India's border with Afghanistan,provides the greatest opportunity for action and advancement for any officer in the British Army.But it is also guarantees the most risk.The Pathan warriors of the Afghan hills - notorious for their ferocity and cruelty - are a constant threat to the Queen's men.But what worries the army most is the rumour that the tribes are planning an uprising.
Captain Simon Fonthill is ready for a new challenge.Having cut his teeth in battle in the Zulu War,he accepts the hazardous mission of riding into the hills and passing vital intelligence back to camp. Accompanied only by his unconventional servant,"352" Jenkins,and an eccentric but fearless Sikh translator,known as W.G. Grace,Fonthill steels himself for what is surely the most dangerous posting of his career. . .
In the tradition of Bernard Cornwell and C.S. Forester,'THE ROAD TO KANDAHAR' is a thrilling and action-packed adventure, which pits Captain Simon Fonthill and his comrades against a truly formidable foe.
The author's 2nd Simon Fonthill novel following on from 'The Horns of the Buffalo' (Zulu War) and 3rd work of 'Masters of Battle' (non-fiction) overall.
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