David L. Gosling was principal of Edwardes College in the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, from 2006 to 2010. He is a Life Member and former Spalding Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge and has held lectureships and visiting fellowships in the universities of Hull, Lancaster and Delhi and at the East-West Center in Hawaii.

'Imagine the English principal of a famous college on the North West Frontier, a place built by the British and founded by Christians. Inject a few nightmares - Taliban bombs, suicide attacks, the daily slaughter of civilians and children, and bloody US drone attacks on the surrounding countryside - and picture how this teacher nevertheless carries on, trying to instruct the Muslims and Christians in his class in the fundamentals of history, physics and economics. You come up with only one name: David Lagourie Gosling.' Robert Fisk, The Independent

• ForewordIntroductionThe Prince who never cameBrave new worldThe daily roundEnter the TalibanIn the eye of the stormIslam in contextEducational renaissanceThe dominant minorityTrials and tribulationsFinally – a new beginning?AfterwordAppendix 1: The investigation of the embezzlementAppendix 2: Annual Report to the Board of Governors, May 2010Appendix 3: Pakistan’s role in securing a permanent Afghan peace. Analysis commissioned for submission to US Defense Secretary, March 2011Glossary of termsRecommended readingIndex

David L. Gosling was principal of Edwardes College in the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, from 2006 to 2010. He is a Life Member and former Spalding Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge and has held lectureships and visiting fellowships in the universities of Hull, Lancaster and Delhi and at the East-West Center in Hawaii.

'Imagine the English principal of a famous college on the North West Frontier, a place built by the British and founded by Christians. Inject a few nightmares - Taliban bombs, suicide attacks, the daily slaughter of civilians and children, and bloody US drone attacks on the surrounding countryside - and picture how this teacher nevertheless carries on, trying to instruct the Muslims and Christians in his class in the fundamentals of history, physics and economics. You come up with only one name: David Lagourie Gosling.' Robert Fisk, The Independent

• ForewordIntroductionThe Prince who never cameBrave new worldThe daily roundEnter the TalibanIn the eye of the stormIslam in contextEducational renaissanceThe dominant minorityTrials and tribulationsFinally – a new beginning?AfterwordAppendix 1: The investigation of the embezzlementAppendix 2: Annual Report to the Board of Governors, May 2010Appendix 3: Pakistan’s role in securing a permanent Afghan peace. Analysis commissioned for submission to US Defense Secretary, March 2011Glossary of termsRecommended readingIndex

David L. Gosling was principal of Edwardes College in the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, from 2006 to 2010. He is a Life Member and former Spalding Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge and has held lectureships and visiting fellowships in the universities of Hull, Lancaster and Delhi and at the East-West Center in Hawaii.

'Imagine the English principal of a famous college on the North West Frontier, a place built by the British and founded by Christians. Inject a few nightmares - Taliban bombs, suicide attacks, the daily slaughter of civilians and children, and bloody US drone attacks on the surrounding countryside - and picture how this teacher nevertheless carries on, trying to instruct the Muslims and Christians in his class in the fundamentals of history, physics and economics. You come up with only one name: David Lagourie Gosling.' Robert Fisk, The Independent

• ForewordIntroductionThe Prince who never cameBrave new worldThe daily roundEnter the TalibanIn the eye of the stormIslam in contextEducational renaissanceThe dominant minorityTrials and tribulationsFinally – a new beginning?AfterwordAppendix 1: The investigation of the embezzlementAppendix 2: Annual Report to the Board of Governors, May 2010Appendix 3: Pakistan’s role in securing a permanent Afghan peace. Analysis commissioned for submission to US Defense Secretary, March 2011Glossary of termsRecommended readingIndex