On Horseback Through Asia Minor - Couverture souple

Burnaby, Frederick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1590480317 ISBN 13 : 9781590480311

Editeur : Long Riders' Guild Press, 2001

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XVIII CONTENTS. PAGE Wolves in sheep's clothing Colonel Lake A little boy shot by the Cossacks Russia the father of the fatherless The Rt. Hon. R. Lowe, M.P. The Author of the Bulgarian horrors English officers and soldiers massacred in the Crimea The Court of Inquiry The Duke of Newcastle's speech Russian officers butchering the English wounded 275 CHAPTER XXXIII. The march to Ardahan Molla Hassan A Turkish major The garrison of Ardahan The position of the town The fortifications Procrastination in military matters The possible invasion of Great Britain or India The military governor A colonel of artillery The Russians might take Van The Ala Dagh Mountains Freemasonry The ancient Assyrians To Livana by road By the river to Batoum Selling the horses What they fetch A bad bargain 287 CHAPTER XXXIV. Ardanusch The Ardahan river Shadavan scenery Crossing the mountains The roof of the world The Tschorock river Mohammed is afraid Kismet If a Christian is ill Going to Paradise Does a Christian send for a doctor? A vast amphitheatre Kale, or the old fortress of A rdanusch Akiska War The Mostaphas are to be called out The road to Livana The cayek 295 CHAPTER XXXV. About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

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In the savage winter of 1876 Captain Frederick Burnaby rode 1,000 miles eastwards from Constantinople to see for himself what the Russians were up to in this remote corner of the Great Game battelfield. With wars between Turkey and Russia imminent, he wanted to discover, among other things, whether the Sultan's armies were capable of resisting a determined Tsarist thrust towards Constantinople. Frederick Gustav Burnaby was no ordinary officer. For a start he was reputed to be the strongest man in the British Army. Nor was he all brawn, being fluent in seven languages and possessing a vigorous and colourful prose style--as readers of this Great Game classic will discover. With his servant Radford, he spent five months riding across some of the cruellest winter landscape in the world before hastening home to write this best-seller.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Long Riders' Guild Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1590480317
• ISBN 13: 9781590480311
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364