19 Jan ALEXANDRIA | EDMUND RICHARDSON
The tale of an individual Charles Masson (James Lewis) who has an extraordinary adventurer of finding the lost city of Alexandria in the mountains of Afghanistan, Bagram.
We see the life and times of this soldier/explorer/spy who doesn’t believe in quitting just for the whims and fancies of the English East India Company. This biography is from the late 19th century. This book is tremendously researched and a pure artwork of literature. I am highly impressed by the author and his ways of convincing the reader of the plight of this man who does everything in his power to survive. But he fails to make a mark in the way it should have been. For the achievement and the trauma that he went through, he is actually supposed to be received with fame and grandeur. Instead, he is ridiculed and loses all the finds that he had discovered in Bagram. The English East India company have truly been a cruel animal to him and I think the death of certain individuals in the hands of the Afghans in Kalat and Kabul during the stay of those gentlemen is right. I know what I am saying sounds ridiculous but it is true. These men could’ve not only saved Charles Masson but also could’ve lifted his name and his findings to the next level. When he reaches back to his country, the people are still mean and cruel to him. He died a broken man with nothing in his possession other than two children. He died at the age of just 53 and none of the present world has a portrait of him. This is quite sad and devastating in the field of not only archaeology but also literature.
I am really impressed by the authors work on this man s life and how he brought it into a book like an adventurous tale. I feel sorry for Charles Masson that he couldn’t make it during his time. And it is also sad that though he worked hard and believed his work would be known to the world during his time, it never happened. Pothos, a deadly desire just like Alexander The Great caught him, to go on and on and on.
Rating 5/5
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