The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842
Diana Preston is an Oxford-trained historian and the author of the acclaimedA First Rate Tragedy,The Boxer Rebellion,Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy,Cleopatra and Antony, andBefore the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima, which won the 2006Los Angeles TimesBook Prize for Science and Technology. With her husband, Michael, she has coauthoredA Pirate of Exquisite MindandTaj Mahal. She lives in London, England.