The Great Game
Subtitle: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)
Publisher: Kodansha Globe
Published: July 8, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9781568360225
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; History - General History; Europe - Great Britain - General; History; Soviet Union; History: World; ASIA; Asia - General; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History / Middle East; Asia, Central; Middle East - General; Great Britain; Politics and government; Relations
First sentence: "You could smell them coming, it was said, even before you heard the thunder of their hooves."