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 treatment for frostbite to taking tea with the Khan. Burnaby's account of his `one-man Great Game mission' was hugely successful, reprinting eleven times in its first year of publication, and A Ride to Khiva continues to make gripping reading today. Now reissued with a new introduction by the highly acclaimed author, Peter Hopkirk.
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Höhe: 197 mm
Breite: 128 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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978-0-19-280367-2 (9780192803672)
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Fred Burnaby was a Colonel in the British army and war correspondent for The Times. His exploits made him a popular hero. He died in 1885.
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