Author: MEYER KARL AND BRYSAC SHAREEN
Title: Tournament of Shadows the Great Game and the Race for Empire in Asia
Description: Little Brown and Company UK. 2001, 1st UK. (ISBN: 0316855898) Hard Cover , 25 Cm. Heavy Book Over 500gms, The classic Great Game, the nineteenth century struggle between Britain and Russia for mastery of Central Asia and which took on new life after the Russian Revolution as the Americans joined in, and which continues today in the covert attempts to master the Caspian Sea and its oil riches. The whole story is told here in a flowing narrative crammed with revealing detail, drawing on newly opened archives and recent research. It is a canvas filled with memorable men and women, taking the reader over Himalayan passes and through the world's deadliest deserts. Excellent/Excellent.

Keywords: Empire, India, British, British Raj, Tibet, Russia, Tsar, Karl E Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac 0316855898


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