{"product_id":"a-most-civilised-disaster-benandonner-publishing-original-9798198642454","title":"A Most Civilised Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the far edge of Empire, somewhere between dignity and disaster, sits Fort Harrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded by mistake and preserved through stubbornness, the crumbling colonial outpost is home to a collection of men and women who probably should never have been entrusted with authority. Major Bellweather dreams of glory and fountains. Percival Flint, the fort's permanently exhausted quartermaster, spends his days preventing civilisation from collapsing entirely. Doctor Lurgy treats medicine as an exciting rumour. Corporal Briggs believes every problem can be solved with discipline, artillery, or a goat. Meanwhile, the mysterious trader Li Wei Harrow quietly profits from all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross twelve riotously funny stories, Fort Harrow survives inspections, cricket matches, cobras, missing treasure, floods, governors, artillery accidents, and enough bureaucracy to strangle an empire twice over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs railways creep across colonial India and the machinery of Empire grinds ever louder, Fort Harrow somehow becomes important - a deeply unfortunate development for everyone involved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePacked with razor-sharp dialogue, escalating chaos, dry wit, and characters who fail upward with remarkable consistency, \u003ci\u003eA Most Civilised Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious tale of imperial incompetence, reluctant loyalty, and survival by administrative panic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause sometimes the Empire's greatest achievement is remaining standing until teatime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benandonner Publishing Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798198642454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Benandonner Publishing Original","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001906372863,"sku":"9798198642454","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-most-civilised-disaster-benandonner-publishing-original-9798198642454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}