Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1999.
ISBN: 1582430284
Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia - 1st Edition/1st Printing
A first edition/first printing with some edgewear, else in Fine condition and housed in a Fine dust-jacket.
Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac's Tournament of Shadows provides the definitive history of the Great Game, the fierce competition between the Russian Empire, the British Empire, and the Ottoman Empire for predominance in Central Asia. Meyer and Brysac explore the origins of the Great Game, the strategies employed by the contestants, and the consequences of their rivalry.; 8vo; 646 pages.
Price: $60.00
