Ebook {Epub PDF} The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk

 · THE GREATGAME: THE EPIC STORY BEHIND TODAY'S HEADLINES. Peter Hopkirk's spellbinding account of the great imperial struggle for supremacy in Central Asoa has been hailed as essential reading with that era's legacy playing itself out today. The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, Brand: Peter Hopkirk. This was the Great Game. As the quotes on the cover attest, Peter Hopkirk is “truly the laureate of the Great Game.”. A former top-shelf reporter, he has also sufficient historian cred and sense of drama to combine research, analysis, synthesis, and storytelling into a fantastic, entertaining, and informative book/5(). The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams, in the blazing Kerman and Helmund deserts, and through the caravan towns of the old Silk Road—both powers scrambling to control access to the riches of India and the East. When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and Cited by:

Peter Hopkirk's book; The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia is a great historical account and a very enjoyable book to read. It is very rare nowadays to find a book that holds your attention throughout, without finding one boring section, this is one of those books. In over pages (paperback edition) Peter Hopkirk tells the. The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia. The Great Game.: Peter Hopkirk. Oxford University Press, - Afghan Wars - pages. 25 Reviews. 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. Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game. Peter Hopkirk. Published by University of Michigan Press October , ISBN ISBN Seller: Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, U.S.A. Contact seller Seller Rating: Used -.

The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams, in the blazing Kerman and Helmund deserts, and through the caravan towns of the old Silk Road—both powers scrambling to control access to the riches of India and the East. When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and British India lay miles apart; by the end, this distance had shrunk to twenty miles at. This was the Great Game. As the quotes on the cover attest, Peter Hopkirk is “truly the laureate of the Great Game.”. A former top-shelf reporter, he has also sufficient historian cred and sense of drama to combine research, analysis, synthesis, and storytelling into a fantastic, entertaining, and informative book. The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk. I have read The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk. The Great Game refers to the geopolitical power struggle between Great Britain and Russia in Central Asia (with Afghanistan as the focal point) during the s. This Anglo-Russian rivalry began with the defeat of Napoleon (their common enemy) and ended in the early s with the emergence of two glorious nations; Germany and Japan.