The Great Game

Peter Hopkirk

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'The Great Game' refers to the Cold War that was played out throughout the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth between the British from the Black Sea to China.  The best-known incidents are the Afghan Wars, but this book contains a wealth of thrilling stories and bizarre anecdotes, coherently marshalled into a marvellously readable narrative.  Constantly surprising and intriguing, it points the reader in all sorts of new directions. - review by Johnny de Falbe