Tournament of Shadows 
Subtitle: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia (A Cornelia and Michael Bessie Book)
Publisher: Counterpoint
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9781582430287
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; International Relations; Political History; History; Asia - History; Imperialism; Politics and government; History - General History; History: World; Central Asia; Asia; Tibet; India; Asia - General; Political Process - Leadership; Relations; Asia, Central; Great Britain
First sentence: IT RAINED, RAINED, RAINED, AND THEN RAINED AND RAINED some more.