The Great Game

Zusatztext 'Fans of political history and adventure are in for a treat as publishing house John Murray reissues its Peter Hopkirk series' Informationen zum Autor Peter Hopkirk travelled widely in the regions where his six books are set: Central Asia, the Caucasus, China, Russia, India and Pakistan, Iran, and Eastern Turkey. He worked as an ITN reporter, the New York correspondent of the old Daily Express , and - for twenty years - on The Times . No stranger to misadventure, he was twice held in secret police cells and has was also hijacked by Arab terrorists. His works have been translated into many languages. All six of his books are available from John Murray: THE GREAT GAME, ON SECRET SERVICE EAST OF CONSTANTINOPLE, SETTING THE EAST ABLAZE, TRESPASSERS ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, FOREIGN DEVILS ON THE SILK ROAD and QUEST FOR KIM. Klappentext 'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris Zusammenfassung 'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hopkirk, Hopkirk Peter
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.03.2006
• EAN: 9780719564475
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6447-5
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 196 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Russia, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, Central Asia, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, War and defence operations, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial