The great game - Folio Society edition

The great game

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The great game
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The great game

Peter Hopkirk
Edition year 2010
Binding Buckram
Illustrator David Eccles
Weight 2 Kg
Pages 510
Dimensions 26 × 18.5 cm

Edition details

The Great Game; On Secret Service in High Asia by Peter Hopkirk. 25 tipped in picture pages. Map endpapers. Coloured page tops. Bound in grey buckram, blocked with a black and gold design by David Eccles. Black slipcase. 26x18.5cm. 510pp

About the book

The Great Game explores the nineteenth-century struggle for influence in Central Asia between the British and Russian empires. Spies, explorers, diplomats and soldiers travelled through Afghanistan, Persia and surrounding regions as both powers attempted to protect their strategic interests. The book combines imperial history with espionage and adventure.

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