Hira Singh
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- Synopsis
- One hundred Indian troops of the British Army have arrived at Kabul, Afghanistan, after a four months' march from Constantinople. The men were captured in Flanders by the Germans and were sent to Turkey in the hope that, being Mohammedans, they might join the Turks. But they remained loyal to Great Britain and finally escaped, heading for Afghanistan. They now intend to join their regimental depot in India, so it is reported. New York Times, July, 1915
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Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 223 Pages
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- Date of Addition:
- 05/22/02
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Literature and Fiction
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- Bookshare.org Volunteer
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- This book is in the public domain and is freely available to all.
Reviews
4 out of 5
By Bookshare.org Volunteer on Jan 11, 2009
The era of Empire is explored at all levels by Talbot Mundy, a pen-name of an adventurous British black sheep who lived much of what he wrote about. The story follows a company of Indian soldiers led by a character drawn from many of his other novels. Like Kipling, Mundy was not racist to observe and write about subject people, but again, like Kipling, he wrote with keen observation and compassion. The soldiers' escape from the clutches of their German handlers leads them across Asia through Turkey, Persia, and Afghanistan. Their arrival was given terse copy in a newspaper of the time; Hira Singh attempts to give you "the rest of the story."