{"product_id":"9781473603622","title":"Beloved Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003eIestyn Mortymer, captured during the chartist Rebellion, is tried at the \u003cbr\u003eMonmouth Assizes and sentenced to twenty-one years transportation \u003cbr\u003efor crimes against Her Imperial Majesty Queen Victoria. Torn from his \u003cbr\u003eyoung wife Mari, he is exiled to Afghanistan - a country as violated and \u003cbr\u003eoutraged as his native Wales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn all sides Iestyn witnesses signs of increasing hostility towards the \u003cbr\u003eEnglish, and of the crumbling edifice of the Empire. Involved in the appalling \u003cbr\u003e'Afghan Promenade' that cost the British army 17,000 lives, caught up by \u003cbr\u003eintrigue, murder and deadly deception, he cannot escape the fact that this \u003cbr\u003eis a time when every white face in the country is dubbed an Unbeliever, every \u003cbr\u003eredcoat a potential target of violence. Yet, despite everything, there is another \u003cbr\u003eescape that he is determined to make. Back to Wales...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn epic blend of history and fiction, a swirling canvas of politics, war, servitude \u003cbr\u003eand passion, BELOVED EXILE marks the glorious culmination of Alexander \u003cbr\u003eCordell's Welsh sagas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156801798384,"sku":"9781473603622","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473603622_p0.jpg?v=1763602331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473603622","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}