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Title: A RIDE TO KHIVA
TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN CENTRAL ASIA
By: Fred Burnaby
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1108037585
ISBN 13: 9781108037587
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Publisher: CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION
Pub. date: 15 December, 2011
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
Pages: 524
Description: Captain Burnaby's 1875 journey through Russian territory during the 'Great Game', when Russia and Britain vied to control central Asia.
Synopsis: It is 1875, the time of the 'Great Game', when the British and Russian Empires are vying for power in central Asia. A British officer rides for Khiva, a Russian city closed to European travellers. He is on a dangerous mission, to learn if Russia plans to invade India, the 'jewel in the crown' of the British Empire. It might be the plot of a Rudyard Kipling novel; instead it is the true story of Captain Frederick Burnaby (1842-85). Burnaby joined the British army in 1859, but in periods without active duty he crafted his own adventures. He ballooned across the English Channel, travelled in Spain and Russia, and was wounded, and eventually killed, fighting for Britain's empire. This account of his perilous journey to Khiva, published in 1876 and immediately reprinted, brought him instant fame. The book includes maps of the route he took and an appendix.
Illustrations: 3 maps
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Returns: Returnable
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