| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9781568361277 | | Publisher: Kodansha Globe | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 30295768 | | Item#: RFCHDQ | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8.75H x 5.75L x 1.25T |
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| | | 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 Hopkirk skillfully 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.
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The story of the World War I conspiracy between the Germans and the Turks to unleash a Muslim holy war against the British in India and the Russians in Central Asia. Drawing on secret intelligence reports from newly opened archives and rare first-person accounts, Hopkirk skillfully reconstructs the bold and elaborate plot masterminded in Berlin by Kaiser Wilhelm and his advisers, and shows just how close they came to achieving their goal of destroying the British Empire from within.
| PraiseWashington Post Book World
"Fans of espionage fiction take note: Here is history that reads like a thriller....With consummate skill, Peter Hopkirk hews a strong narrative line through the tangle of events that emenanted from the secret World War I plot by the Germans and the Turks...against the Russian[s] and the British....[A] riveting sequel to Hopkirk's splendid earlier account, The Great Game. Together, the two books illuminate the passions and the prizes implicated in today's turbulent events in the Middle East and Central Asia." - Luree MillerNew York Times
"Exotic settings, uncommon bravery...alliances, intrigue, betrayal: these are the components of Hopkirk's history...and they are stirring tales indeed." |
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