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Victoria Schofield

    Como historiadora y comentarista independiente de asuntos internacionales, esta autora posee un conocimiento especializado del sur de Asia. Su obra profundiza en las complejas narrativas políticas e históricas de la región, caracterizada por una aguda perspicacia analítica y precisión periodística. Está dedicada a comprender la política del sur de Asia, viajando extensamente por la región para recopilar perspectivas auténticas. Su escritura refleja no solo profundidad histórica, sino también la urgencia de los problemas globales contemporáneos.

    The Fragrance of Tears
    Afghan Frontier
    • Afghan Frontier

      Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      "Every rock, every hill has its story", Winston Churchill wrote of the North-West Frontier, and here is the full story of these turbulent lands. Against a background of the history and geography of the region, the author paints a vivid picture of this extraordinary place. Drawing on written records, soldier's letters, memsahibs' journals, travelers' tales and first hand experience, Victoria Schofield unravels the history of the North-West Frontier layer by layer.

      Afghan Frontier
      3,5
    • The Fragrance of Tears

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      A memoir of Victoria Schofield's thirty-year friendship with her Oxford contemporary, Benazir Bhutto. who rose to be one of the most powerful politicians in Asia, set against a backdrop of seismic political events.

      The Fragrance of Tears