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The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia by Peter Hopkirk (Paperback, 1991)

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Author: Peter Hopkirk ISBN 10: 0192827995. Book Details. Published On: 1991-05-09 SKU: 8765-9780192827999.

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The Great Game was an imperial, political, diplomatic, and military enterprise in which intrepid individuals played for high stakes in a struggle that stretched from the Causasus in the West to Chinese Turkestan and Tibet in the East. The prize was British India. When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and India lay some 2000 miles apart; by the end, the gap had reduced in some places to just 20 miles. Officers on either side, disguised as holy men and horse traders, or advancing in full uniform, delighted in the play as they sought to learn enemy positions, befriend powerful khans, or discover vital secrets. This book should appeal to those interested in espionage and diplomacy, the history of High Asia in Victorian period and superpower relations.

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PublisherOxford University Press

ISBN-139780192827999

eBay Product ID (ePID)89578080

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Number of Pages576 Pages

Publication NameThe Great Game: on Secret Service in High Asia

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGovernment, History

Publication Year1991

TypeTextbook

AuthorPeter Hopkirk

FormatPaperback

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Item Height190 mm

Item Weight403 g

Item Width120 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorPeter Hopkirk

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by 0101alan
07 Jun, 2017
good old style story of intrepid adventures
Good old style adventures for queen and country . amazing stories .compelling read
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by sallysbestbargains
18 Apr, 2017
Unputdownable, riveting history of Britain and Russia in the 19th century
Really brilliant engaging style and solid research into a very topical branch of recent history. This book is a wonderful fund of background to modern history of the entire European and Asia region. Gripping and unmissable. Wish I'd come across it years ago.
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by osbornema
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All good thanks, very quick.
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by johnking37
21 Apr, 2021
Reading it before a holiday on "the spice r0ute"
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