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The great game : on secret service in high Asia by Peter Hopkirk is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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 rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India. This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young offic
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter Hopkirk
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780719564475
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.31 / 5 (168 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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