On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire - Brossura

Hopkirk, Peter

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0719564514 ISBN 13: 9780719564512

Casa editrice: John Murray Pubs Ltd, 2006

Riassunto

Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the British in India and the Russians in Central Asia. It was a new and more sinister version of the old Great Game, with world domination as its ultimate aim. Here, told in epic detail and for the first time, is the true story behind John Buchan's classic wartime thriller Greenmantle, recounted through the adventures and misadventures of the secret agents and others who took part in it. It is an ominously topical tale today in view of the continuing turmoil in this volatile region where the Great Game has never really ceased.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Peter Hopkirk has traveled widely in the regions where his six books are set?Central Asia, the Caucasus, China, India and Pakistan, Iran, and Eastern Turkey. He has worked as an ITN reporter, the New York correspondent of the old Daily Express, and?for 20 years?on the Times. No stranger to misadventure, he has twice been held in secret police cells and has also been hijacked by Arab terrorists. His works have been translated into 14 languages.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: John Murray Pubs Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0719564514
• ISBN 13: 9780719564512
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 431
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile