It 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.
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