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Hart of Empire

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780340953679

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Back 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.

Hart 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.

When 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.

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A first-rate historian, now a masterly story-teller
Bernard Cornwell on ZULU HART
David 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.
<i>The Times</i> on ZULU HART
A 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
<i>Sunday Telegraph</i> on ZULU HART
Let's hope that Saul David's new character will be reappearing . . . a terrific adventure
Rodney Troubridge on ZULU HART
Gems like this are too rare. I was hooked in ten pages.
Conn Iggulden on ZULU HART