Trespassers On The Roof Of The World
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Trespassers On The Roof Of The World
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Author : Peter Hopkirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Trespassers On The Roof Of The World written by Peter Hopkirk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Tibet (China) categories.
Hidden behind the Himalayas and ruled over by a God-king, Tibet has always cast a powerful spell over travellers from the West. In this remarkable, and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval land during the nineteenthand twentieth centuries, and the extraordinary race between agents, soldiers, missionaries, mountaineers, explorers, and mystics from nine different countries to reach Lhasa, Tibet's sacred capital. His story concludes with the ultimate act of trespass - the Chinese invasion of 1950.
Trespassers On The Roof Of The World
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Author : Peter Hopkirk
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-15
Trespassers On The Roof Of The World written by Peter Hopkirk and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-15 with History categories.
No other land has captured man's imagination quite like Tibet. Hidden away behind the highest mountains on earth, and ruled over by a mysterious God-king, it was for centuries a land forbidden to all outsiders. In this remarkable and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval Buddhist kingdom by inquisitive Western travellers during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the race to reach Lhasa, Tibet's sacred capital. This epic, often harrowing tale, which ends with the Chinese invasion of 1950, draws on a colourful cast of gatecrashers from nine different countries. Among them were adventurous young officers on Great Game missions, explorers and mountaineers, mystics and missionaries. All took their lives in their hands, including three intrepid women. Some were never to return.
Trespassers On The Roof Of The World
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Author : Peter Hopkirk
language : en
Publisher: Tarcher
Release Date : 1983
Trespassers On The Roof Of The World written by Peter Hopkirk and has been published by Tarcher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Tibet (China) categories.
Trespassers On The Roof Of The World
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Author : Peter Hopkirk
language : en
Publisher: J P Tarcher
Release Date : 1990
Trespassers On The Roof Of The World written by Peter Hopkirk and has been published by J P Tarcher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
Portrays the experiences of nineteenth and twentieth-century spies, soldiers, explorers, missionaries, mystics, and mountain climbers as they traveled through Tibet to reach the city of Lhasa
Quest For Kim
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Author : Peter Hopkirk
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
Quest For Kim written by Peter Hopkirk and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Two authors' passion for India and the Great Game.
Setting The East Ablaze
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Author : Peter Hopkirk
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-02-16
Setting The East Ablaze written by Peter Hopkirk and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-16 with Travel categories.
'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. 'The East will help us conquer the West.' Peter Hopkirk's book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt to set the East ablaze with the heady new gospel of Marxism. Lenin's dream was to liberate the whole of Asia, but his starting point was British India. A shadowy undeclared war followed. Among the players in this new Great Game were British spies, Communist revolutionaries, Muslim visionaries and Chinese warlords - as well as a White Russian baron who roasted his Bolshevik captives alive. Here is an extraordinary tale of intrigue and treachery, barbarism and civil war, whose violent repercussions continue to be felt in Central Asia today.
Like Hidden Fire
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Author : Peter Hopkirk
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha
Release Date : 1994
Like Hidden Fire written by Peter Hopkirk and has been published by Kodansha this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
A GRIPPING STORY OF IMPERIAL AMBITION, SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE, AND THE KAISER'S OWN JIHAD. An acclaimed historian tells, for the first time, the full story of the conspiracy between the Germans and the Turks to unleash a Muslim holy war against the British in India and the Russians in the Caucasus. Drawing on recently opened intelligence files and rare personal accounts, Peter Hopkirkskillfully reconstructs the Kaiser's bold plan and describes the exploits of the secret agents on both sides-disguised variously as archaeologists, traders, and circus performers-as they sought to foment or foil the uprising and determine the outcome of World War I.
On Secret Service East Of Constantinople
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Author : Peter Hopkirk
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-15
On Secret Service East Of Constantinople written by Peter Hopkirk and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with History categories.
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.
Mission To Tashkent
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Author : F.M. Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Release Date : 2002-08-08
Mission To Tashkent written by F.M. Bailey and has been published by Oxford Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-08 with Fiction categories.
Accused by Moscow of being a British master-spy, Colonel F.M. Bailey recounts the 16-month game of cat-and-mouse he played with the Bolshevik secret police. At one point, with a false identity, he joined the ranks of the latter, who unsuspectingly sent him to Bokhara to arrest himself.
Buried Treasures Of Chinese Turkestan
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Author : Albert von Le Coq
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-14
Buried Treasures Of Chinese Turkestan written by Albert von Le Coq and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
First published in 1928, this volume constituted the results of expeditions by the famous archaeologist and explorer of Central Asia, Albert von Le Coq. Funded by the last German emperor, Wilhelm II, and von Le Coq’s own brewing and winery empire, the second and third German expeditions ventured to Turfan in the Xinjiang region of China. Travelling East expecting to find Greek influences, the expedition in fact uncovered extensive networks of Buddhist and Manichaean cave temples in the Northwest China. This volume includes extensive images in addition to a record of the expedition’s journeys and discoveries.