The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia - Rilegato

Hopkirk, Peter

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ISBN 10: 071954727X ISBN 13: 9780719547270

Casa editrice: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1990

Riassunto

This is an account of the encounter last century between the British in India and Tsarist Russia in Central Asia which became known as the Great Game. When the encounter began the frontiers of Russia and British India lay some 2000 apart. By the end, the gap had shrunk in places to 20 miles. As Russia pushed forward her frontiers young officers found the fulfilment of their dreams in the chance to escape garrison life and find promotion and glory in the Caucasus, China and Tibet.;Peter Hopkirk has also written Foreign Devils on the Silk Road, Trespassers on the Roof of the World and Setting the East Ablaze.

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'Fans of political history and adventure are in for a treat as publishing house John Murray reissues its Peter Hopkirk series' (Siân Gibson, Geographical Magazine)

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This is an account of the encounter last century between the British in India and Tsarist Russia in Central Asia which became known as the Great Game. When the encounter began the frontiers of Russia and British India lay some 2000 apart. By the end, the gap had shrunk in places to 20 miles.

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• Editore: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 071954727X
• ISBN 13: 9780719547270
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256