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1	The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia more books like this 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 ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.38! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet more books like this by Peter Hopkirk For nineteenth-century adventures, Tibet was the prize destination, and Lhasa, its capital situated nearly three miles above sea level, was the grandest trophy of all. The lure of this mysterious land, and its strategic importance, made it inevitable that despite the Tibetans' reluctance to end their isolation, determined travelers from Victorian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.92! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Setting the East Ablaze: Lenins Dream of an Empire in Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk A DANGEROUS NEW TWIST IN THE GREAT GAME In this gripping narrative Peter Hopkirk tells how Lenin and his revolutionary comrades tried, in the period between the two world wars, to set the East ablaze with their heady new gospel of Marxism. Their dream was to "liberate" the whole of Asia, and their starting point was British India, the richest of ... see all copies from $3.03! new only from $8.92! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire more books like this by Peter Hopkirk 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 against the British in India and the Russians in the Caucasus. Drawing on recently opened intelligence files ... see all copies from $4.46! new only from $11.85! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Foreign Devils on Silk Road more books like this by Peter Hopkirk see all copies from $9.99! new only from $24.20! \| SVS
6	Mission to Tashkent more books like this by Frederick Bailey, Peter Hopkirk (Introduction by) 'one of the best books about secret intelligence work ever written' Peter Hopkirk. Colonel F. M. Bailey, whose extraordinary adventures are told here, was long accused by Moscow of being a British master-spy sent in 1918 to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia. As a result, he enjoyed many years after his death an almost legendary reputation ... see all copies from $7.05! new only from $10.73! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game more books like this by Peter Hopkirk 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 explores the many mysteries surrounding Kipling's great novel. He shows that most of the characters ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $11.31! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The great game : on secret service in high Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk The "Great Game" was an imperial, political, diplomatic, and military enterprise in which intrepid individuals played for high stakes in a struggle that stretched from the Causasus in the West to Chinese Turkestan and Tibet in the East. The prize was British India. When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and India lay some 2000 miles apart; ... see all copies from $2.57! new only from $21.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire more books like this by Peter Hopkirk 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, with world domination as its ultimate aim. German ... see all copies from $8.98! first editions
10	Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk The Silk Road, the great trans-Asian highway linking Imperial Rome to China, reached the height of its importance during the T'ang Dynasty. Along it travelled precious cargoes as well as new ideas, art and knowledge. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of trade. However, as the Chinese lost control of the region, it began to decline to ... see all copies from $11.34! new only from $11.34! \| first editions
11 view cover	My Life as an Explorer: The Great Adventurers Classic Memoir more books like this by Sven Hedin, Peter Hopkirk (Introduction by), Philip Turner (Editor) Sven Hedin (1865-1952) spent three decades exploring Central Asia: traveling the Silk Road, discovering long-lost cities, mapping uncharted rivers. This memoir tells the story of his exploits and accomplishments. see all copies from $2.48! new only from $15.52!
12 view cover	A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia more books like this by Fred Burnaby, Peter Hopkirk (Introduction by) "A Ride to Khiva" recounts Captain Burnaby's strictly unofficial mission in 1875 to investigate the motives behind Russia's exclusion of foreigners from Central Asia. Forced to travel in winter, he journeyed through blizzards and snowdrifts to reach the mysterious caravan city of Khiva, his adventures extending from surviving the Cossack's ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $14.95! \| first editions
13 view cover	Hunted Through Central Asia: On the Run from Lenin's Secret Police more books like this by Paul Nazaroff, Peter Hopkirk (Introduction by) 'My position was uncomfortable. Here was I, in an absolutely exposed place, with Red Guards and commissars on every side. I had very little money left and no means of transport at all.' Paul Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia in 1918. He was betrayed to the Secret Police, who declared him ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $18.27! \| SVS
14 view cover	Trespassers on the roof of the world : the race for Lhasa more books like this by Peter Hopkirk Hidden behind the Himalayas and ruled over by a God-king, Tibet has always cast a powerful spell over travellers form the West. In this remarkable, and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval land during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the extraordinary race between agents, soldiers, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.47! \| first editions
15	Trespass Roof Wrld C more books like this by Peter Hopkirk see all copies from $5.11! first editions
16 view cover	Hunted Through Central Asia more books like this by Pavel Nazaroff, Malcolm Burr (Translator), Peter Hopkirk (Introduction by) Pavel (also known as "Paul") Nazaroff was the ringleader of a desperate plot to overthrow Bolshevik rule in Central Asia in 1918. He was betrayed to the Bolshevik secret police - the dreaded Cheka - who condemned him to death as "a known enemy of the proletariat". A white Russian uprising stormed the prison in Tashkent where he was being held and ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
17	Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgar more books like this by Robert Shaw Written over a century ago by British tea planter and pioneer explorer Robert Shaw, this volume recounts Shaw's now celebrated journey into Central Asia. Shaw set out on his expedition in 1868--a time when Britain and Russia were aggressively vying for control over the uncharted terrain of Central Asia--in the hope of opening up the region as a ... see all copies from $36.88! first editions
18	Finding Your Guardian Spirit: The Secrets of Life After Death Revealed by Japan's Foremost Psychic more books like this by Peter Hopkirk, Aiko Gibo, Eric Chaline (Editor) This "immensely readable and magisterially detached work" (Financial Times) is the story of the great imperial struggle for strategic and economic supremacy fought across a cruel and desolate terrain stretching from the Caucasus to China--espionage and treachery on a grand scale and in exotic settings. 39 photographs. 5 maps. see all copies from $8.28! new only from $61.88! \| first editions
19 view cover	The International History of the Works Minis in International Rallies and Races more books like this by Peter Browning, Paddy Hopkirk (Foreword by) This is the full story of how the famous BMC Competitions Department at Abingdon developed the Mini-Minor into a world-beating rally winner during the 1960s. Updated and presented in a larger format, it brings the story right up to date and includes a new chapter on rallycross, plus coverage of classic car rallying where ex-works cars and replicas ... see all copies from $29.44! new only from $46.84!
20 view cover	Foreign devils on the Silk Road : the search for the lost treasures of Central Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk 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. It s oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants ... see all copies from $17.00! new only from $66.61!
21 view cover	Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game more books like this by Peter Hopkirk, Peter Hopkirk This book is for all those who love Kim, the masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game, the centuries-old power struggle between Russia and Great Britain in the depths of Central Asia. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy's recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here ... see all copies from $20.80! first editions
22	Trespassers on Roof P by Peter Hopkirk This fascinating and informative book tells of an extraordinary contest that spanned a century as travellers from nine different countries attempted to enter a Tibet closed to the outside world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $67.45! \| first editions

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