Afghanistan - In a Nutshell

Afghanistan - In a Nutshell

Afghanistan - In a Nutshell

Afghanistan - In a Nutshell

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Overview

Naxos AudioBooks’ In a Nutshell series continues with this fascinating history of Afghanistan. For centuries it has been the playground of big powers, from Alexander the Great to the British Empire and the Soviet Union. It has been torn by internal strife and ideological differences, yet Afghans, tribal though they may be, remain a proud nation. Here is a short history, setting the background to the current situation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781094015279
Publisher: Naxos
Publication date: 03/17/2020
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Tim Albone graduated from Bristol University in 2002 with a BA in theology and religious studies. He has reported from Afghanistan for the Times and Sunday Times, as well as the Scotsman, Globe and Mail, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He has also worked in Iraq, Pakistan, India, Ethiopia, and Yemen. He also filmed a documentary on the Afghan cricket team and their efforts to get to the World Cup.


Benjamin Soames trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has appeared in the popular TV series Sharpe and toured worldwide in Measure for Measure with Cheek by Jowl. A former Royal Marine Commando, serving in Kosovo and Iraq, he teaches Hostile Environment Security Training for the European Union and is still active as a close protection officer in the UK and abroad. Some of his narrations include Tales from the Greek Legends, Tales from the Norse Legends, The Tale of Troy, The Adventures of Odysseus, Venus and Adonis, Great Inventors and their Inventions, Great Scientists and their Discoveries, and Afghanistan: In a Nutshell.

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