Josiah the Great: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre

Josiah the Great: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King

Ben Macintyre

400 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
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Josiah Harlan, the first American to set foot in Afghanistan, would become the model for Kipling’s ‘The Man Who Would be King’, but the true story of his life is stranger than fiction. A soldier, spy, doctor, naturalist and writer, Harlan set off ...

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