Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon by Lesley Adkins
Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon
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Lesley Adkins
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Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon

Lesley Adkins

424 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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From 1827 Henry Rawlinson, fearless soldier, sportsman and imperial adventurer of the first rank, spent twenty-five years in India, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan in the service of the East India Company. During this time he survived the dangers of di...

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