Journey to the North of India 2 Volume Set : Overland from England, Through Russia, Persia, and Afghanistan. Arthur Conolly
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Author: Arthur Conolly
Page Count: 896 pages
Published Date: 21 Aug 2014
Publisher: Cambridge Library Collection
Publication Country: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9781108070171
File size: 21 Mb
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The Great Game, a coinage credited to the British officer Arthur Conolly (1807-42), refers to the nineteenth-century rivalry between Britain and Russia as each power sought supremacy in Central Asia. In a climate of tension and suspicion that the Russians might attempt to invade India via Afghanistan, Conolly, returning from sick leave in England, embarked in 1829 on an expedition through the region. His narrative provides observations on the various Asiatic peoples he encountered, including the social, religious and political aspects of their cultures. He describes also the many dangers he had to deal with, requiring him to assume a series of false identities. The risks that Conolly faced were underscored some years later, when he was captured and executed in Bukhara. Volume 1 recounts the first part of his journey, from St Petersburg towards Herat. Volume 2 recounts the time he spent in Afghanistan, with appendices on the possible invasion of India and the country's history.
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