An experienced historian uses secret intelligence reports and memoirs of participants to reconstruct the holy war conducted by Germany and Turkey against the British Empire in 1914, as the Great Game expanded into a quest for world domination.

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�"Every story Peter Hopkirk touches is totally engrossing"-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Exotic settings, uncommon bravery...alliances, intrigue, betrayal: these are the components of Hopkirk's history...and they are stirring tales indeed."-The New York Times
"Well-written, thoroughly researched."-Byron Farwell, Washington Times
"History that reads like a thriller....With consummate skill, Peter Hopkirk hews a strong narrative line through the tangle of events �and� illuminates the passions and the prizes implicated in today's turbulent events in the Middle East and Central Asia."-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Splendid."-The Atlantic Monthly
]"Every story Peter Hopkirk touches is totally engrossing"-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Exotic settings, uncommon bravery...alliances, intrigue, betrayal: these are the components of Hopkirk's history...and they are stirring tales indeed."-The New York Times
"Well-written, thoroughly researched."-Byron Farwell, Washington Times
"History that reads like a thriller....With consummate skill, Peter Hopkirk hews a strong narrative line through the tangle of events [and] illuminates the passions and the prizes implicated in today's turbulent events in the Middle East and Central Asia."-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Splendid."-The Atlantic Monthly
!"Every story Peter Hopkirk touches is totally engrossing"-Luree Miller, Washington Post

"Exotic settings, uncommon bravery...alliances, intrigue, betrayal: these are the components of Hopkirk's history...and they are stirring tales indeed."-The New York Times
"Well-written, thoroughly researched."-Byron Farwell, Washington Times
"History that reads like a thriller....With consummate skill, Peter Hopkirk hews a strong narrative line through the tangle of events [and] illuminates the passions and the prizes implicated in today's turbulent events in the Middle East and Central Asia."-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Splendid."-The Atlantic Monthly
]"Every story Peter Hopkirk touches is totally engrossing"-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Exotic settings, uncommon bravery...alliances, intrigue, betrayal: these are the components of Hopkirk's history...and they are stirring tales indeed."-The New York Times
"Well-written, thoroughly researched."-Byron Farwell, Washington Times
"History that reads like a thriller....With consummate skill, Peter Hopkirk hews a strong narrative line through the tangle of events [and] illuminates the passions and the prizes implicated in today's turbulent events in the Middle East and Central Asia."-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Splendid."-The Atlantic Monthly
]"Every story Peter Hopkirk touches is totally engrossing"-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Exotic settings, uncommon bravery...alliances, intrigue, betrayal: these are the components of Hopkirk's history...and they are stirring tales indeed."-The New York Times
"Well-written, thoroughly researched."-Byron Farwell, Washington Times
"History that reads like a thriller....With consummate skill, Peter Hopkirk hews a strong narrative line through the tangle of events [and] illuminates the passions and the prizes implicated in today's turbulent events in the Middle East and Central Asia."-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Splendid."-The Atlantic Monthly
"Well-written, thoroughly researched."-Byron Farwell, Washington Times
"History that reads like a thriller....With consummate skill, Peter Hopkirk hews a strong narrative line through the tangle of events [and] illuminates the passions and the prizes implicated in today's turbulent events in the Middle East and Central Asia."-Luree Miller, Washington Post
"Splendid."-The Atlantic Monthly
"Well-written, thoroughly researched."-Byron Farwell, Washington Times

"History that reads like a thriller....With consummate skill, Peter Hopkirk hews a strong narrative line through the tangle of events [and] illuminates the passions and the prizes implicated in today's turbulent events in the Middle East and Central Asia."-Luree Miller, Washington Post

"Splendid."-The Atlantic Monthly

"Every story Peter Hopkirk touches is totally engrossing"--Luree Miller, Washington Post

"Exotic settings, uncommon bravery...alliances, intrigue, betrayal: these are the components of Hopkirk's history...and they are stirring tales indeed."--The New York Times

"Well-written, thoroughly researched."--Byron Farwell, Washington Times

"Splendid."--The Atlantic Monthly

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