Return of the King

When the Brits arrived in Afghanistan, they were met with a wall of resistance. The Afghans have long hunting rifles called gesails that can shoot about half a mile. And by the last day, there are about 400 men left still alive, desperately trying to get through to the British garrison at Jalalabad. In the end, it is just one man, Dr. Brydon, who makes it through - and only because he is a big reader. He has a sort of hardback book like this: 'In his hat, he has a forage hat' So when they take a swipe at him, it goes through the big hardback book, but it doesn't the