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MISSION TO TASHKENT

by F.M. Bailey; Peter Hopkirk

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 1999

Nearly fine condition. Introduction and Epilogue by Peter Hopkirk. Burgundy cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial paper boards. Burgundy endpapers. B/w photos. xxiii and 269 pages including index.

A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase.

Stock no. 1830600

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Contents

  • Introduction : An Absolutely First-Class Man
  • Author's Introduction
  • 1 Persia to Kashgar
  • 2 Kashgar to Tashkent
  • 3 Tashkent
  • 4 Conditions in Tashkent
  • 5 Alone
  • 6 Arrested
  • 7 I Disappear
  • 8 To the Mountains
  • 9 The Bee-Farm
  • 10 In Troitskoe
  • 11 Return to Tashkent
  • 12 Tashkent Again
  • 13 Local Bolshevism
  • 14 Spring Activities
  • 15 Summer Difficulties
  • 16 Back to the Mountains
  • 17 Tashkent Affairs
  • 18 To Kagan
  • 19 On to Bokhara
  • 20 Bokhara
  • 21 Plans for Departure
  • 22 In the Desert
  • 23 Across the Murghab
  • 24 Frontier Skirmish
  • 25 Safe in Meshed
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2: List of Butterflies
  • Epilogue: The Last Prayer in the Great Game
  • Index

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