The Land of War Elephants: Travels Beyond the Pale in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India [Hardcover]

Mathew Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 2003

Offering an intimate look at the people and places of Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, this memoir by adventurer and historian Mathew Wilson recounts journeys into remote areas as a member of the British army and with his family in the late 1960s. Wilson relates stories of crossing the Hindu Kush with his pregnant wife and two-year-old son and running a gauntlet of armed border guards to get his injured son to a hospital. Twenty-one years later, Wilson returned to honour a promise made to a Hindu priest in Central India -- to seek, find, and follow the fleeting shadow of the Rani of Jhansi, one of the heroines of India's 1957 revolt against British rule.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Tells a riveting tale." -- Passport Newsletter

"Wilson's passionate yet unsentimental account reminds us these three nations have much to offer the traveler." -- San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Mathew Wilson served in the British Army and saw active service in Cyprus, Borneo, Aden, Yemen, Northern Ireland, and the Falkland Islands. He now lectures on cruise ships on the key role of ocean voyaging in the spread of civilisation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Nomad Press; 1St Edition edition (October 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965925897
• ISBN-13: 978-0965925891
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,700,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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