The Sewing Circles of Herat My Afghan YearsFirst edition de Lamb, Christina - 2002

London: Harper Collins, 2002. First edition, 2002. Hardback. xvii, 338pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt to spine. Decorative endpapers. Dustjacket. A gold-inscribed invitation to a wedding in a foreign land led Christina Lamb to abandon suburban England for the wilds of Peshawar on the frontier of the Afghan war. In the great tradition of British writers on the Great Game who travelled to Afghanistan in the nineteenth century: she found herself drawn into the lives of the people who smuggled her into their country to cover the final stages of the mujaheddin victory over the Soviet army. Lamb's unique perspective on Afghanistan and her deep passion for the people she writes about, makes this the definitive account of the tragic plight of a proud people. Illustrated with photographs in colour and black and white. Book condition very good. Some toning to paper edges. Jacket in very good condition. price clipped and with only minor edge wear and a little light soiling.