[PDF.24ev] Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes - Explorer, Consul, Soldier, Spy

Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes - Explorer, Consul, Soldier, Spy

[PDF.pj86] Persia in the Great Game: Sir Percy Sykes - Explorer, Consul, Soldier, Spy

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 | #3277034 in Books |  John Murray Publishers Ltd |  2003-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.18 x9.25 x6.30l, | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting and well written|By Metallurgist|This book recounts the exploits of Sir Percy Sykes, explorer, soldier, British consul in Persia, and a participant in the “Great Game” between Russia and Britain for control of Central Asia. The book is a well written, often exciting, narrative that tells a story of relevance today. It is interesting and sheds light on| |"Antony Wynn has produced a well researched and highly readable life of a character who, in his own day, astonished his contemporaries by his courage and his cheek" -- TLS 20030530 "Well-researched, hard-nosed, and engaging biography." -- FT 20030315 'Antony

Percy Sykes was sent by Army Intelligence in the 1890s, first as an explorer and spy, then to open consulates along Persia's eastern borders. His job was to deter Russian expansion towards India. Unpaid, he rode through thousands of miles of the harshest desert, marsh and mountain, often with his indomitable sister. When consul at Meshed during a very turbulent time, he bugged the Russian consulate and, armed only with diplomacy, single-handedly faced down a Russian atte...

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