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The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia (Paperback)
$12.70 - Save $4.25 25% off - RRP $16.95 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Great Game'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris
Full description- Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Published: 27 March 2006
- Format: Paperback 592 pages
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- Categories: Political Structure & Processes | War & Defence Operations | Asian History | Middle Eastern History | Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900
- ISBN 13: 9780719564475 ISBN 10: 0719564476
- Sales rank: 11,950
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Full description for The Great Game
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized by Kipling. When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India. This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned. The violent repercussions of the Great Game are still convulsing Central Asia today.
