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Buried Treasures of Chinese TurkestanISBN 0195838785 (0-19-583878-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 0192814877 (0-19-281487-7)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia'Book summary:The Silk Road, the great trans-Asian highway linking Imperial Rome to China, reached the height of its importance during the T'ang Dynasty. Along it travelled precious cargoes as well as new ideas, art and knowledge. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of trade. However, as the Chinese lost control of the region, it began to decline to the point where the towns disappeared beneath desert sands. Local legends grew of buried treasure guarded by demons. This is the story of the intrepid adventurers who, at great personal risk, led long-range archaeological raids to the region in the early years of the 20th century. Profiles of such archaeologists as Sir Aurel Stein, who carried off large quantities of priceless wall paintings, sculptures, silks and early manuscripts, augment a narrative which also traces the fate of the works of art that were removed. [via]
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- Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia: ISBN 0192802119 (0-19-280211-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press - Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia: ISBN 071953738X (0-7195-3738-X)
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The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 071954727X (0-7195-4727-X)
Hardcover, Murray, John
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia'Book summary:In a phrase coined by Captain Arthur Connolly of the East India Company before he was beheaded in Bokhara for spying in 1842, a "Great Game" was played between Tsarist Russia and Victorian England for supremacy in Central Asia. At stake was the security of India, key to the wealth of the British Empire. When play began early in the 19th century, the frontiers of the two imperial powers lay two thousand miles apart, across vast deserts and almost impassable mountain ranges; by the end, only 20 miles separated the two rivals.
Peter Hopkirk, a former reporter for The Times of London with wide experience of the region, tells an extraordinary story of ambition, intrigue, and military adventure. His sensational narrative moves at breakneck pace, yet even as he paints his colorful characters--tribal chieftains, generals, spies, Queen Victoria herself--he skillfully provides a clear overview of the geographical and diplomatic framework. The Great Game was Russia's version of America's "Manifest Destiny" to dominate a continent, and Hopkirk is careful to explain Russian viewpoints as fully as those of the British. The story ends with the fall of Tsarist Russia in 1917, but the demise of the Soviet Empire (hastened by a decade of bloody fighting in Afghanistan) gives it new relevance, as world peace and stability are again threatened by tensions in this volatile region of great mineral wealth and strategic significance. --John Stevenson [via]
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The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, Across the Gobi Dessert, Through the Himalayas, the Pamirs and Chitral, 1884-94by Peter HopkirkISBN 0195838408 (0-19-583840-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Hunted Through Central Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 0192852957 (0-19-285295-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Mission to Tashkentby F. M. Bailey, Peter HopkirkISBN 0192803875 (0-19-280387-5)
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On Horseback Through Asia Minorby F. M. Bailey, Peter HopkirkISBN 0192825003 (0-19-282500-3)
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On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring down the British Empireby Peter HopkirkISBN 0192802305 (0-19-280230-5)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Quest for Kimby Peter HopkirkISBN 0719555604 (0-7195-5560-4)
Hardcover, Murray, John
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Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Gameby Peter HopkirkISBN 0192833081 (0-19-283308-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asiaby Frederick Burnaby, Peter HopkirkISBN 0192803670 (0-19-280367-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia'Book summary:Frederick Gustavus Burnaby--soldier, traveler, writer, and pioneer balloonist--set out on an unofficial mission in 1875 to investigate the motives behind Russias exclusion of foreigners from Central Asia. A real-life adventure story, A Ride to Khiva recounts Captain Burnabys excursion in vivid detail, reflecting the hardship and humor of his exciting travels.
Forced to travel in winter, Burnaby journeyed through blizzards and snowdrifts to reach the mysterious caravan city of Khiva. Along the way he describes his many adventures, extending from surviving the Cossacks treatments for frostbite to taking tea with the Khan. Burnaby's account of his "one-man Great Game" mission was hugely successful, reprinting eleven times in its first year of publication and A Ride to Khiva continues to make fascinating reading today.
Featuring a new introduction by the highly acclaimed author, Peter Hopkirk, this classic piece of travel writing is an entertaining account of a dangerous journey across inhospitable countryside by a man who was to become a popular hero in his own day. [via]More editions of A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia:
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Setting the East Ablaze: Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 0393019438 (0-393-01943-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasaby Peter HopkirkISBN 0719539382 (0-7195-3938-2)
Hardcover, Book Soc of Canada Ltd
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Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgarby Peter HopkirkISBN 0195838300 (0-19-583830-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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