{"product_id":"journal-of-the-disasters-in-florentia-wynch-sale-9781108044578","title":"Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2","description":"Lady Sale (née Florentia Wynch, 1790-1853) became an instant heroine when her journal of the disastrous events in Afghanistan in 1841-2 was published in 1843. The wife of Sir Robert Sale, second-in-command of the British forces, she was taken hostage, along with her daughter and baby grand-daughter, after the massacre of over 4,500 British troops at Kabul, while her husband commanded a besieged garrison at Jalalabad. The small group of hostages was moved from place to place, with only the clothes they stood up in, to evade attempts at rescue over a period of nine months. Eventually, they were able to bribe a tribal leader to release them, and they met up with a British rescue party just before Afghani pursuers overtook them. Lady Sale's diary, carried in a cloth bag at her waist, was published almost unedited, and is an extraordinary account of her ordeal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Florentia Wynch Sale,Florentia Wynch Lady Sale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108044573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108044578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.07d","brand":"Florentia Wynch Sale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47423502024959,"sku":"9781108044578","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4284bfc-020d-444e-8538-84eb31e0c4eb.jpg?v=1761528640","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/journal-of-the-disasters-in-florentia-wynch-sale-9781108044578","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}