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Racy thriller
When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action, but what can they do?
They have no source in Al Qaeda and it's impossible to plant someone.
The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban.
The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world. In an attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will pass off Martin as the trusted Khan.
The Afghan; Frederick Forsyth; Corgi
A lens view of the princely India
The negative archive of the Lafayette photography studio, discovered in 1968 and now held by the Victoria and Albert museum, London, reveals a panoply of Indian rulers who made trip to the heart of the Empire and were photographed heavily bejewelled and in exotic finery. The immaculately preserved negatives reconstruct a vanished history of opulence, grandeur and pageantry that laced the great state occasions of this period. presents the maharajas, maharanis and nawabs as they wished to be remembered.
The Lafayette Studio and Princely India; Russell Harris, Roli Books
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