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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 …
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 …
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as …
On Secret Service East of Constantinople
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 …
Hunted Through Central Asia
Paul Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia in 1918. Betrayed to Lenin's Secret Police, he was forced to live like an animal …
On Horseback Through Asia Minor
Recounts the five-month journey across Asia Minor made by an English gentleman, accompanied by a single Henry Express rifle, a small stock of medicines, some warm clothing and his …
El Gran Juego
En El Gran Juego. Servicio Secreto en los altos de Asia, Peter Hopkirk narra la rivalidad entre el Imperio ruso y el Imperio britanico en su lucha por el control de Asia Central y …
Quest for ""Kim
Because of a childhood fascination with Kipling''s story about Kim, the author travelled widely through the regions in which the tale is set. He tells of how the original was based …
Trespassers on the Roof of the World
No other land has captured man's imagination quite like Tibet. Hidden away behind the highest mountains on earth, and ruled over by a mysterious God-king, it was for centuries a …
Setting the East Ablaze
'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. 'The East will help us conquer the West.' Peter Hopkirk's …
Setting the East Ablaze
'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. 'The East will help us conquer the West.' Peter Hopkirk's …