The Great Game

on secret service in high Asia

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Peter Hopkirk: The Great Game (Hardcover, 1990, John Murray)

Hardcover, 576 pages

English language

Published May 10, 1990 by John Murray.

ISBN:
978-0-7195-4727-0
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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

A long read, but it manages to maintain interest through to the end. Not entirely sure of the author’s bias, since it’s all presented from the English side (and apparently not many Russian references are available). Gives some fantastic images of battles being directed by an officer on horseback sipping champagne to sustain himself.

Subjects

  • Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900
  • Central Asia
  • 20th century
  • c 1800 to c 1900