The king's shadow: obsession, betrayal, and the deadly quest for the Lost City of Alexandria
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"Impeccably researched, and written like a thriller, Edmund Richardson's The King's Shadow is the extraordinary untold and wild journey of Charles Masson - think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid meets Indiana Jones - and his search for the Lost City ofAlexandria in the "Wild East" during the age of empires, kings, and spies. For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist, spy, one of the most respected scholars in Asia, and the greatest of nineteenth-century travelers. On the way into one of history's most extraordinary stories, he would take tea withkings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. He would spy for the East India Company and be suspected of spying for Russia at the same time, forthis was the era of the Great Game, when imperial powers confronted each other in these staggeringly beautiful lands. Masson discovered tens of thousands of pieces of Afghan history, including the 2,000-year-old Bimaran golden casket, which has upon it the earliest known face of the Buddha. He would be offered his own kingdom; he would change the world, and the world would destroy him. This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne'er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries"--
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Afghanistan -- Antiquities
Afghanistan -- Discovery and exploration -- British
Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century
Ancient
Antiquities
Archaeologists
Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
British
Discovery and exploration
East India Company -- History -- 19th century
Electronic books
Extinct cities
Extinct cities -- Afghanistan -- Bagrām
History
History, Modern
India -- History -- 19th century
Masson, Charles
Masson, Charles, -- 1800-1853
Masson, Charles, -- 1800-1853 -- Travel -- Afghanistan
Nineteenth century
Travel
Afghanistan -- Discovery and exploration -- British
Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century
Ancient
Antiquities
Archaeologists
Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
British
Discovery and exploration
East India Company -- History -- 19th century
Electronic books
Extinct cities
Extinct cities -- Afghanistan -- Bagrām
History
History, Modern
India -- History -- 19th century
Masson, Charles
Masson, Charles, -- 1800-1853
Masson, Charles, -- 1800-1853 -- Travel -- Afghanistan
Nineteenth century
Travel
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Electronic books
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Ancient
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East India Company -- History -- 19th century
Electronic books
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History
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The king's shadow : obsession, betrayal, and the deadly quest for the Lost City of Alexandria
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The King's Shadow : Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria [electronic resource] / Edmund Richardson
The king's shadow: obsession, betrayal, and the deadly quest for the Lost City of Alexandria / Edmund Richardson
The king's shadow: obsession, betrayal, and the deadly quest for the Lost City of Alexandria / Edmund Richardson
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The king's shadow
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Electronic books
Extinct cities
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Archaeologists
British
Discovery and exploration
Electronic books
Extinct cities
History
History, Modern
Masson, Charles
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