Soldier Sahibs

"It takes a very interesting angle on the big stories of war and diplomacy. It is told very much from the point of view of the officers on the ground, rather than the rarefied level of foreign ministries and Whitehall. And the civilians were always quite unusual. As you can imagine, it takes quite a character to leave the comforts of Britain and live a fairly rough existence in the middle of the North-West Frontier Province. And the officers really got stuck in, learning the native languages, dressing in local clothes and adopting their customs. And in some cases marrying women there and having children."