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25%OFFFred Burnaby - A Ride to Khiva: An Adventure in Central Asia - 9781780601120 - V9781780601120
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A Ride to Khiva: An Adventure in Central Asia

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Description for A Ride to Khiva: An Adventure in Central Asia Paperback. An immediate bestseller when first published in 1877, Burnaby s delight in a life of risk and adventure still burns through the pages, as does his spontaneous affection for the Cossack troopers and Tartar, Khirgiz and Turkoman tribesmen that he encounters on his way. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; JWKF; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
In the winter of 1875, a young British officer set out across central Asia on an unofficial mission to investigate the latest Russian moves in the Great Game. His goal was the mysterious Central Asian city of Khiva, closed to all European travellers by the Russians following their seizure of it two years earlier. His aim was to discover whether this remote and dangerous oasis could be used as a springboard for an invasion of India. An immediate bestseller when first published in 1877, Burnaby s delight in a life of risk and adventure still burns through the pages, as ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Eland Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780601120
SKU
V9781780601120
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