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15 produkter
Great Game
Häftad, 2006
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
174 kr
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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 by Kipling. When play first began the two …
Great Game
Häftad, 2026
173 kr
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WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY GILES MILTON'Peter Hopkirk is truly the Laureate of the Great Game' Jan Morris'One of the paciest and most exciting works of narrative history I have ever read' William Dalrymple'There can be few more fascinating subjects, or few authors better qualified to write about it' …
Setting the East Ablaze
Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia
Häftad, 2006
151 kr
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'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. 'The East will help us conquer the West.' Peter Hopkirk's book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt to set the East ablaze with the heady new gospel of …
On Secret Service East of Constantinople
The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire
Häftad, 2006
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
162 kr
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Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the British in India and the Russians in Central Asia. It was a new and more sinister version of the old Great Game, …
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
Häftad, 2006
151 kr
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The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began …
Trespassers on the Roof of the World
The Race for Lhasa
Häftad, 2006
165 kr
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No other land has captured man's imagination quite like Tibet. Hidden away behind the highest mountains on earth, and ruled over by a mysterious God-king, it was for centuries a land forbidden to all outsiders. In this remarkable and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible …
Quest for Kim
Häftad, 2006
158 kr
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This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy's recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here retraces Kim's footsteps across Kipling's India to …
Great Game
E-bok, 2006
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
40 kr
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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 by Kipling. When play first began the …
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
The Search for the Lost Treasures of Central Asia
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
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The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began …
On Secret Service East of Constantinople
The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire
E-bok, 2011
96 kr
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Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the British in India and the Russians in Central Asia. It was a new and more sinister version of the old Great Game, …
Setting the East Ablaze
Lenin''s Dream of an Empire in Asia
E-bok, 2012
45 kr
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''Let us turn our faces towards Asia'', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. ''The East will help us conquer the West.'' Peter Hopkirk''s book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt to set the East ablaze with the heady new gospel of …
Trespassers on the Roof of the World
The Race for Lhasa
E-bok, 2012
43 kr
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No other land has captured man''s imagination quite like Tibet. Hidden away behind the highest mountains on earth, and ruled over by a mysterious God-king, it was for centuries a land forbidden to all outsiders. In this remarkable and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible …
Quest for Kim
E-bok, 2012
45 kr
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This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy''s recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here retraces Kim''s footsteps across Kipling''s India …
El Gran Juego
El servicio secreto en los altos de Asia
E-bok, 2023
108 kr
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En El Gran Juego. Servicio Secreto en los altos de Asia, Peter Hopkirk narra la rivalidad entre el Imperio ruso y el Imperio británico en su lucha por el control de Asia Central y el Cáucaso durante el siglo XIX. Hopkirk desenmaraña los puntos de vista e intenciones de cada jugador, así como la …
