Life Story of Major Geoffrey Langlands, a British Army Commando who dedicated his life for the betterment of Pakistan as told to Raafay Awan. "The Quintessential Englishman of old, a living relic of the Raj" - the New York Times

Sir William George Laurence Beynon pens the war memoir "With Kelly to Chitral" as an account of the daily life of British officers and Indian troops on a frontier expedition. Sir Laurence served as an Intelligence Branch Officer in the British Indian Empire during a tumultuous time particularly in the state of Chitral. When news came of the murder of Nizam-ul-mulk, Mehter of Chitral, a loyal ally, British and Indian troops were dispatched to the Gilgit district under the command of Colonel Kelly to assess the situation. Sir Laurence was one of them and shares his account of the expedition.

Who, or why, or how or what?' opens one of Edward Lear's limericks 'Is the Akond of Swat?' The answer to the question lies within this book - a newspaperman's account of a British military expedition mounted against Chitral, Swat and Bajour in 1895. The Akond was the religious leader of Swat, an area on India's ever turbulent north-west fronteir, renowned for its religious piety and its jealously preserved 'Purdah' (the word literally means 'curtain') which was kept firmly closed against foreign incursions until the campaign narrated in this book. This is an excellent account of a colonial campaign in a tough area where the truculence of the tribespeople towards the British is more than matched by the harshness of the terrain.Thompson's prose is clear and straightforward and the events he recounts exciting and tense. He makes no pretence to be writing an official history, but, what is possibly more valuable, tells a great story. The book is profusely illustrated with some sixty photographs, plus sketches, plans and maps. A must for anyone interested in British India in late Victorian times.

"The Relief of Chitral" is a book written by two brothers; Major General Sir George John Younghusband and Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband. The book starts with the causes of the civil war in Chitral and ends with an overview of the situation following the success of the relief forces. It explains how the death of Chitrals aging Chief Aman ul-Mulk in 1892 caused uncertain conditions in the region, leading to mutual strife amongst his heirs for the next couple of years.