A Ride to Khiva
A Ride to Khiva

Author: Fred Burnaby

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780192880505

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A Ride to Khiva recounts Captain Burnaby's strictly unofficial mission in 1875 to investigate the motives behind Russia's exclusion of foreigners from Central Asia. Forced to travel in winter, he journeyed through blizzards and snowdrifts to reach the mysterious caravan city of Khiva, hisadventures extending from surviving the Cossack's treatment for frostbite to taking tea with the Khan. Burnaby's account of his `one-man Great Game mission' was hugely successful, reprinting eleven times in its first year of publication, and A Ride to Khiva continues to make gripping reading today.Now reissued with a new introduction by the highly acclaimed author, Peter Hopkirk.

RIDE TO KHIVA
RIDE TO KHIVA

Author: Frederick Burnaby

Publisher: Cosimo Classics

Published: 2007-04

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781944529680

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First published in 1876, this is the story of soldier and adventurer Frederick Burnaby's fascinating and dangerous journey from the steppes of southern Russia to the city of Khiva in what is now Uzbekistan. Part travelogue and part daring exploits, Burnaby's entertaining account will appeal to armchair travelers, fans of adventure fiction, and anyone interested in firsthand accounts of the Great Game, when the Russian and British Empires vied for control of Central Asia. British soldier and writer FREDERICK BURNABY (1842-1885) was a member of the Royal Horse Guards, and in 1882, he became the first balloonist to cross the English Channel alone. Three years later, he died from a spear wound sustained in battle in the Sudan. He also wrote On Horseback Through Asia Minor (1878).

A Ride to Khiva (Classic Reprint)
A Ride to Khiva (Classic Reprint)

Author: Fred Burnaby

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780267278060

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Excerpt from A Ride to Khiva I was myself a little uneasy about my own pass, as it Was one which had done service about five years previously, and 1 had tor gotten to send it to the Russian Consulate previous to my departure from London. However, atter looking at the document -ior some time, and scrutinizing its owner yery carefully, the official returned it to me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia
A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia

Author: Frederick Burnaby

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-04-06

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1365876918

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It is 1875, the time of the 'Great Game', when the British and Russian Empires are vying for power in central Asia. Great Britain learns of Russia's plans to annex India, the 'jewel in the crown' of the Empire. A British officer rides for Khiva, a Russian city closed to European travelers. He is on a dangerous mission, to learn if this remote and dangerous oasis is about to be used as a springboard for the Russian invasion of India. Captain Frederick Burnaby ballooned across the English Channel, traveled 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.

A Ride to Khiva
A Ride to Khiva

Author: Fred Burnaby

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780192803672

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In the winter of 1875, a young British officer set out across central Asia on a strictly unofficial mission to investigate the latest secret Russian moves in the Great Game. His goal was the mysterious caravan city of Khiva, his aim to discover whether this remote and dangerous oasis was about to be used as a springboard for an invasion of India. He rode for over a thousand miles across steppe and desert, struggling through blizzards and snowdrifts, to reach forbidden Khiva. Ordered home by an alarmed government, Burnaby immediately sat down and wrote this best-selling account of his adventures, which has become a Great Game classic.