'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris von Hopkirk, Peter

The Great Game was the epic stand-off between the two superpowers of the nineteenth century--Victorian Britain and Czarist Russia--for the riches of India and the East. Based on meticulous scholarship and on-the-spot research, Peter...

For centuries, Tibet has been the prize destination of determined explorers from England, Russia, and many other countries attempting to claim her for their own. Now, the widely acclaimed author of The Great Game presents a compelling...

A GRIPPING STORY OF IMPERIAL AMBITION, SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE, AND THE KAISER'S OWN JIHAD. An acclaimed historian tells, for the first time, the full story of the conspiracy between the Germans and the Turks to unleash a Muslim holy war...

The Great Game

"The Great Game" von Peter Hopkirk ist eine ausführliche Untersuchung des politischen und militärischen Manövrierens zwischen Großbritannien und Russland in Zentralasien vom frühen 19. Jahrhundert bis zum Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs....

'Difficult to put down ... irresistible' Daily Telegraph von Hopkirk, Peter