ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1991.
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia / Peter Hopkirk



Oksford, Velika Britanija 1991. Mek povez, engleski jezik, ilustrovano, XIV + 562 strana + strane sa fotografijama.
Knjiga je veoma dobro odlično.
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`Nobody else alive could handle this terrific subject with such a combination of skill, knowledge, enthusiasm ang insight.`
Jan Morris


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 in Kipling`s Kim.
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 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 horsetraders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence, and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned.


`brilliant`
Patrick Leigh Fermor, Book of the Year, Daily Telegraph


`immensely readable... One gripping chapter follows another.` Financial Times