Peter Hopkirk travelled widely in the regions where his six books are set: Central Asia, the Caucasus, China, Russia, India and Pakistan, Iran, and Eastern Turkey. He worked as an ITN reporter, the New York correspondent of the old Daily Express, and - for twenty years - on The Times. No stranger to misadventure, he was twice held in secret police cells and has was also hijacked by Arab terrorists. His works have been translated into many languages. All six of his books are available from John Murray: THE GREAT GAME, ON SECRET SERVICE EAST OF CONSTANTINOPLE, SETTING THE EAST ABLAZE, TRESPASSERS ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, FOREIGN DEVILS ON THE SILK ROAD and QUEST FOR KIM.
En El Gran Juego. Servicio Secreto en los altos de Asia, Peter Hopkirk narra la rivalidad entre el Imperio ruso y el Imperio británico en su lucha por el control de Asia Central y el Cáucaso durante el siglo XIX. Hopkirk desenmaraña los puntos de vista e intenciones de cada jugador,...
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