{"product_id":"hart-of-empire-9780340953679","title":"Hart of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in England following his heroics in the Zulu Wars, George Hart is summoned to a new adventure when Prime Minister Disraeli asks him to go on a secret mission to Afghanistan, where the British fear Muslim extremists are poised to overthrow the local ruler and threaten the jewel in the Imperial crown, India. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHart has severe misgivings. Always an outsider in British society, he doesn''t like Whitehall''s arrogant way of meddling in other people''s religious and political affairs, but desperate for money, he takes the job and descends the Khyber Pass into a strange and violent land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen his warnings are ignored by the pompous British Resident in Kabul, a terrible massacre occurs and soon Hart is on the run with a beautiful Afghan princess, in a race to prevent an uprising and head off a catastrophic British invasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA first-rate historian, now a masterly story-teller * Bernard Cornwell on ZULU HART *\u003cbr\u003eDavid is a popular historian with a rare talent . . . An unashamed crowd-pleaser with a compelling, sexy hero who could give Cornwell's Sharpe a run for his money. * \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e on ZULU HART *\u003cbr\u003eA Victorian adventure as big as the veldt and chewier than buffalo biltong . . . real figures of the period are endowed with motive, intent and dialogue that may be fictitious but are entirely convincing * \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e on ZULU HART *\u003cbr\u003eLet's hope that Saul David's new character will be reappearing . . . a terrific adventure * Rodney Troubridge on ZULU HART *\u003cbr\u003eGems like this are too rare. I was hooked in ten pages. * Conn Iggulden on ZULU HART *","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401805701463,"sku":"9780340953679","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780340953679.jpg?v=1730478579","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hart-of-empire-9780340953679","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}