On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire - Couverture souple

Hopkirk, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719564514 ISBN 13 : 9780719564512

Editeur : John Murray, 2006

Synopsis

On Secret Service East of Constantinople 'Hopkirk has made the extraordinary field of Central-Asian espionage his own ... an enthralling story' Observer Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Under the banner of a Holy War, masterminded in Berlin and unleashed from Constantinople, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment violent revolutionary uprisings against the British in India and the Russians in Central Asia. It was a new and more sinister version of the old Great Game, with world domination as its ultimate aim.

Here, told in epic detail and for the first time, is the true story behind John Buchan's classic wartime thriller Greenmantle, recounted through the adventures and misadventures of the secret agents and others who took part in it. It is an ominously topical tale today in view of the continuing turmoil in this volatile region where the Great Game has never really ceased.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Peter Hopkirk travelled widely in the regions where his six books are set - Central Asia, the Caucasus, China, India and Pakistan, Iran, and Eastern Turkey. He worked as an ITN reporter, the New York correspondent of the old Daily Express, and - for twenty years - on The Times. No stranger to misadventure, he was twice held in secret police cells and was also hijacked by Arab terrorists. His works have been translated into fourteen languages.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: John Murray
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0719564514
• ISBN 13: 9780719564512
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448