Sir Patrick Macrory was educated in England at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford. Among his best-selling military histories is "Lady Sale: The First Afghan War," which he edited. He was knighted for his chairmanship of the Commission on Local Government in Northern Ireland. He died in 1993.
"Compulsive reading." --"The New York Times" "Retells the story of
conquest, complacency and disaster with verve and veracity."--"The
New Yorker""" "All the excitement and contention of one of those
Errol Flynn pictures about the Khyber Pass and the wild Northwest
Frontier: officers disguised as natives, wild cavalry charges,
massacres, the courageous young captains and the hidebound old
generals."--"Los Angeles Times" "The excitement never flags."
--"The Times", London
"Compulsive reading." --"The New York Times" "Retells the
story of conquest, complacency and disaster with verve and
veracity."--"The New Yorker""" "All the excitement and
contention of one of those Errol Flynn pictures about the Khyber
Pass and the wild Northwest Frontier: officers disguised as
natives, wild cavalry charges, massacres, the courageous young
captains and the hidebound old generals."--"Los Angeles
Times" "The excitement never flags." --"The Times,"
London
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