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The Great Game：On Secret Service in High Asia

内容简介

Fornearlyacenturythetwomostpowerfulnationsonearth,VictorianBritainandTsaristRussia,foughtasecretwarinthelonelypassesanddesertsofCentralAsia.Thoseengagedinthisshadowystrugglecalledit'TheGreatGame',aphraseimmortalizedbyKipling.Whenplayfirstbeganthetworivalempireslaynearly2,000milesapart.Bytheend,someRussianoutpostswerewithin20milesofIndia.ThisclassicbooktellsthestoryoftheGreatGamethroughtheexploitsoftheyoungofficers,bothBritishandRussian,whoriskedtheirlivesplayingit.Disguisedasholymenornativehorse-traders,theymappedsecretpasses,gatheredintelligenceandsoughttheallegianceofpowerfulkhans.Someneverreturned.TheviolentrepercussionsoftheGreatGamearestillconvulsingCentralAsiatoday.

作者简介

PeterHopkirkhastravelledwidelyintheregionswherehissixbooksareset-CentralAsia,theCaucasus,China,IndiaandPakistan,Iran,andEasternTurkey.HehasworkedasanITNreporter,theNewYorkcorrespondentoftheoldDailyExpress,and-fortwentyyears-onTheTimes.Nostrangertomisadventure,hehastwicebeenheldinsecretpolicecellsandhasalsobeenhijackedbyArabterrorists.Hisworkshavebeentranslatedintofourteenlanguages. 

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