A Ride to Khiva
by Frederick Burnaby
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Author: Frederick BurnabyIntroduction: Peter Hopkirk
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11-28
ISBN: 0192803670
Number of pages: 414
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Book Review: A "Great Game" classic
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an exciting adventure book, writen in 1876 about the travels of a British Army Captain through Western Siberia into Khiva, a city in Central Asia recently taken by the Russian Empire. It purports to be just travel by an army man at liesure, and wanting to see parts of the world. Since we are in the "Great Game" era, when Britain and Russia were contending for the countries around India, I have the feeling that it was more than that, and that the author's mission was somewhat akin to "checking out the land" in the case of an impending conflict. Anyway, it's extremely well-written, and the descriptions of both the places and the people are first rate! The author obviously had a keen eye, and I would really love to read the report he actually submitted to his superiors in London when he returned. I'm sure it's still buried deeply in their secret files.
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