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Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia

By: Hopkirk, Peter

Price: $6.50

Publisher: KODANSHA USA: March 2012

Seller ID: 466830

ISBN: 1568360223

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

THE GREATGAME: THE EPIC STORY BEHIND TODAY'S HEADLINES

Peter Hopkirk's spellbinding account of the great imperial struggle for supremacy in Central Asoa has been hailed as essential reading with that era's legacy playing itself out today.

The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams, in the blazing Kerman and Helmund deserts, and through the caravan towns of the old Silk Road--both powers scrambling to control access to the riches of India and the Ea...
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Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire

By: Hopkirk, Peter

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Kodansha USA: May 1997

Seller ID: 466656

ISBN: 1568361270

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A GRIPPING STORY OF IMPERIAL AMBITION, SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE, AND THE KAISER'S OWN JIHAD.

An acclaimed historian tells, for the first time, the full story of the conspiracy between the Germans and the Turks to unleash a Muslim holy war against the British in India and the Russians in the Caucasus. Drawing on recently opened intelligence files and rare personal accounts, Peter Hopkirk skillfully reconstructs the Kaiser's bold plan and describes the exploits of the secret agents on both sides--disguised variously as archaeologists, traders, and circus performers--as they sought to foment o...
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Author:Hopkirk, Peter

Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia

Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire