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  • Osman Digna

    Serier serie Sudan
    Osman Digna, 1836-1926. Revolutionaries -- Sudan. Sudan -- History -- 1862-1899. Sudan -- History -- 1899-1956. Dervishes -- SudanOsman Digna by H C Jackson (1926) is a portrait of the senior Dervish leader defeated at Omdurman ... Læs mere

    7,94 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

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  • Return of a King

    The Battle for Afghanistan

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2013'As taut and richly embroidered as a great novel . . . a masterpiece' Sunday Telegraph'Dazzling' Sunday Times | 'Magnificent' Guardian | 'Sparkling' Daily TelegraphA towering history of the first Afghan War by bestselling historian William Dalrymple.In the spring of 1839, Britain invaded Afghanistan for the first t... ... Læs mere

    117,70 kr.

  • The Great Game

    af Peter Hopkirk ...
    For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized by Kipling.When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of ... Læs mere

    128,20 kr.

  • Return of a King

    The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42

    From William Dalrymple—award-winning historian, journalist and travel writer—a masterly retelling of what was perhaps the West’s greatest imperial disaster in the East, and an important parable of neocolonial ambition, folly and hubris that has striking relevance to our own time.With access to newly discovered primary sources from archives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and India—including a ... Læs mere

    59,41 kr.

  • Lawrence and the Arabs

    af Robert Graves ...
    The real story of T. E. Lawrence's life as told by the author of I, Claudius. "A combination of history, biography, and . . . an amazingly human tale" ( Boston Evening Transcript).Immortalized in the film Lawrence of Arabia, the real T. E. Lawrence was a leader, a war strategist, and a scholar, and is here immortalized in an intimate biography written by his close friend, the award-winning British ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Gray Wolf

    The Life of Kemal Ataturk

    MUSTAPHA KEMAL ATATURK, the great Turkish dictator, is a figure of great significance to the modern world. He did in Turkey what, in effect, Nasser and the other present-day "strong men" are trying to do in their countries, and he is their model and ideal. In fact, Nasser said of this book specifically "This has been the most important book in my life."Besides being of great historical importance, ... Læs mere

    25,61 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Lords of the Atlas

    The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956

    af Gavin Maxwell ...
    Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, Lords of the Atlas tells the extraordinary story of Madani and T'hami el Glaoui, warlord brothers who carved out a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century. Quislings of the French colonial administration, they combined the aggression of gangland mobsters with the opulence of ... Læs mere

    74,97 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Sikunder Burnes

    Master of the Great Game

    af Craig Murray ...
    This is an astonishing true tale of espionage, journeys in disguise, secret messages, double agents, assassinations and sexual intrigue. Alexander Burnes was one of the most accomplished spies Britain ever produced and the main antagonist of the Great Game as Britain strove with Russia for control of Central Asia and the routes to the Raj. There are many lessons for the present day in this tale of ... Læs mere

    134,91 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Grey Wolf-- Mustafa Kemal

    An Intimate Study of a Dictator

    Serier serie Routledge Revivals
    Mustafa Kemal was known both as a vicious dictator and the iron-willed creator of modern Turkey however little was known about him and he was viewed as an enigma by many. Originally published in 1932, Armstrong delves into Kemal’s career and personal life in great detail showing how he moved between revolutionary, soldier and politician whilst also discussing his love of women, drinking and ... Læs mere

    505,74 kr.

  • Fire and Sword in the Sudan

    An 1896 book, 'Fire and Sword in the Sudan: A personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes' was written by Freiherr von Rudolf Carl Slatin, who was a Colonel in the Egyptian army at that time. ... Læs mere

    7,94 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • A Person From England

    First published in 1958, A Person From England tells of how the legendary cities of Turkestan - Merv, Khiva, Bokhara and Samarkand - have long exerted a romantic fascination upon Western travellers. During the last century, men of many nationalities have played what they and their contemporaries have called "The Great Game" - travelling throughout Central Asia. The author revives memories of the ... Læs mere

    151,45 kr.

  • The Afghan Wars

    A fascinating look at the two Anglo-Afghan Wars, 1839-42 and 1878-80, written by British war correspondent Archibald Forbes. As an ex-Royal Dragoons private Forbes had a wonderful level of knowledge about military mindsets and traditions. ... Læs mere

    23,97 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus