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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 …
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 …
The Great Game
In the lonely passes and blazing deserts of Central Asia, a deadly struggle took place in the last century between secret agents of the two superpowers - Victorian Britain and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Hidden behind the Himalayas and ruled over by a God-king, Tibet has always cast a powerful spell over travellers form the West. In this remarkable, and ultimately tragic narrative, …