A Ride to Khiva
Travels and Adventures in Central Asia
Frederick Burnaby
ISBN: | 9781678165598 |
Publisher: | Lulu.com |
Published: | 24 January, 2022 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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A Ride to Khiva
Travels and Adventures in Central Asia
Frederick Burnaby
In the winter of 1875, a young British officer set out across central Asia on a strictly unofficial mission to investigate the latest secret Russian moves in the Great Game. His goal was the mysterious caravan city of Khiva, his aim to discover whether this remote and dangerous oasis was about to be used as a springboard for an invasion of India. He rode for over a thousand miles across steppe and desert, struggling through blizzards and snowdrifts, to reach forbidden Khiva. Ordered home by an alarmed government, Burnaby immediately sat down and wrote this best-selling account of his adventures, which has become a Great Game classic.
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