{"product_id":"the-mulberry-empire-9781400030897","title":"The Mulberry Empire","description":"With Tolstoyan sweep and Dickensian vitality, this epically involving historical novel relates England's tragic adventure in Afghanistan, which began with the triumphant arrival of the Army of the Indus in 1839 and ended three years later in rout and massacre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of \u003cb\u003eThe Mulberry Empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis Alexander Burnes, a Scots explorer who travels to the unfathomably remote kingdom of Afghanistan and first befriends and then reluctantly betrays its wise and impeccably courteous Amir. But he is only one character in a cast that includes ladies and generals, princes and deserters, all brilliantly and sympathetically realized. At once stirring and harrowing, exotic and cautionary, and as vividly colored as a Persian miniature, the result is a tour de force of re-creation and invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Hensher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.22w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400030897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2003 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Hensher is a critic and the author of five works of fiction, including \u003cb\u003eKitchen Venom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. One of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young British Novelists for 2003 and a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for \u003cb\u003eThe Mulberry Empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ehe is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e and chief book reviewer for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpectator. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in South London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302453538931,"sku":"9781400030897","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_43289f53-a6d3-47f9-a7ec-b3caf4c2e349.jpg?v=1770901911","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-mulberry-empire-9781400030897","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}