Lyse Doucet
The Finest Hotel in Kabul : A People's History of Afghanistan...
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Top 3 Sunday Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Womens Prize for NonFictionShortlisted for the Nero Book AwardLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for NonFictionThe Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer and Economist Book of the Year 2025A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan the first book from one of the worlds leading war correspondents.Simply unforgettable ELIF SHAFAKTerrific THE TIMESIncredible PETER FRANKOPANPowerful and charming FINANCIAL TIMESUtterly compelling PHILIPPE SANDSMasterly TELEGRAPHIngenious KAMILA SHAMSIEA mustread SUNDAY TIMESBeautiful RORY STEWARTIn 1969, the luxury Hotel InterContinental Kabul opened its doors a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistans hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world.Lyse Doucet first checked into the InterContinental on Christmas Eve 1988. In the decades since, she has witnessed a Soviet evacuation, a devastating civil war, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban, all from within its increasingly battered walls. The InterCon has never closed its doors.Now, she weaves together the experiences of the Afghans who have kept the hotel running to craft a richly immersive history of their country. It is the story of Hazrat, the septuagenarian housekeeper who still holds fast to his InterContinental training from the hotels 1970s glory days an era of haute cuisine and high fashion, when Afghanistan was a kingdom and Kabul was the Paris of...
Binding: Hardback;352 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBLX; Weight: 840 g; Dimensions: 242 x 165 x 42
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Top 3 Sunday Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Womens Prize for NonFictionShortlisted for the Nero Book AwardLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for NonFictionThe Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer and Economist Book of the Year 2025A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan the first book from one of the worlds leading war correspondents.Simply unforgettable ELIF SHAFAKTerrific THE TIMESIncredible PETER FRANKOPANPowerful and charming FINANCIAL TIMESUtterly compelling PHILIPPE SANDSMasterly TELEGRAPHIngenious KAMILA SHAMSIEA mustread SUNDAY TIMESBeautiful RORY STEWARTIn 1969, the luxury Hotel InterContinental Kabul opened its doors a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistans hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world.Lyse Doucet first checked into the InterContinental on Christmas Eve 1988. In the decades since, she has witnessed a Soviet evacuation, a devastating civil war, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban, all from within its increasingly battered walls. The InterCon has never closed its doors.Now, she weaves together the experiences of the Afghans who have kept the hotel running to craft a richly immersive history of their country. It is the story of Hazrat, the septuagenarian housekeeper who still holds fast to his InterContinental training from the hotels 1970s glory days an era of haute cuisine and high fashion, when Afghanistan was a kingdom and Kabul was the Paris of...
Binding: Hardback;352 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBLX; Weight: 840 g; Dimensions: 242 x 165 x 42
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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Lyse Doucet
The Finest Hotel in Kabul : A People's History of Afghanistan...
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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