{"product_id":"a-ride-to-khiva-travels-and-adventures-in-central-asia-paperback-9781108037587","title":"A Ride to Khiva; Travels and Adventures in Central Asia (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108037587","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Ride to Khiva\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTravels and Adventures in Central Asia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaptain Burnaby's 1875 journey through Russian territory during the 'Great Game', when Russia and Britain vied to control central Asia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFred Burnaby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108037587, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e524 pages, 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Information about Khiva\u003cbr\u003e 2. Waist-belt for gold\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Volga frozen\u003cbr\u003e 4. Railway officials\u003cbr\u003e 5. Twenty degrees below zero\u003cbr\u003e 6. A hole in the ice\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pins-and-needles\u003cbr\u003e 8. The guardian of the forests\u003cbr\u003e 9. Delayed by a snowstorm\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sleigh sickness\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Ural Cossacks\u003cbr\u003e 12. A supply of provisions\u003cbr\u003e 13. A sheepskin suit\u003cbr\u003e 14. A start with the courier\u003cbr\u003e 15. Nomad tribes\u003cbr\u003e 16. Kashgar\u003cbr\u003e 17. Break-down of the sleigh\u003cbr\u003e 18. An English engineer officer at Kasala\u003cbr\u003e 19. Ablutions under difficulties\u003cbr\u003e 20. A priest\u003cbr\u003e 21. Water route from Kasala to Petro-Alexandrovsk\u003cbr\u003e 22. Camels\u003cbr\u003e 23. A lazy guide\u003cbr\u003e 24. The guide's retaliation\u003cbr\u003e 25. Disobedience of orders\u003cbr\u003e 26. The Turkoman on his donkey\u003cbr\u003e 27. Villages fortified\u003cbr\u003e 28. The guide's kibitka\u003cbr\u003e 29. The Oozek\u003cbr\u003e 30. Oogentch\u003cbr\u003e 31. The messenger\u003cbr\u003e 32. Breakfast in Khiva\u003cbr\u003e 33. The present Khan\u003cbr\u003e 34. Departure from Khiva\u003cbr\u003e 35. The meet\u003cbr\u003e 36. The Tarantass\u003cbr\u003e 37. The district governor\u003cbr\u003e 38. An inquisitive inspector\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266053329176,"sku":"9781108037587","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108037587i.jpg?v=1696743798","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-ride-to-khiva-travels-and-adventures-in-central-asia-paperback-9781108037587","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}