The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia
by:
Peter Hopkirk (author)
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 9419417
Publisher: The Folio Society, London
Pages no: 510
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
War,
Politics,
19th Century,
Russia,
India,
Asia,
World History,
Historical
I liked this a lot, although I think the relevance to events today has been overplayed a bit by some other reviewers: it's better enjoyed as a stirring history than a political primer.I knew a little about the Great Game before – that 19th-century wrangling over Central Asia between Britain and Russ...