Mavericks

Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'Wildly exciting' </b>KATE ADIE<br><b>'Thoroughly gripping ... An action-packed tale' </b>JUSTIN MAROZZI, <i>THE TIMES</i><br>'<b>Beautifully written' </b>LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES<br>'<b>Stimulating... entertaining and instructive</b>' JULIAN EVANS, <i>DAILY TELEGRAPH</i><br><b><br>The forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission - and survived against all odds to tell their extraordinary tales.</b><br><br>1918. The First World War is drawing to a close and regimes are collapsing across Europe. Amid the chaos, British officials plot a daring campaign to send an unlikely band of soldiers, diplomats and spies to the volatile shores of the Caspian Sea. Their mission: stop the advancing Turks, hold back the Bolsheviks and secure the vital supply of oil from Baku.<br><br>Drawing on personal diaries, memoirs and once-secret government archives, <i>Mavericks</i> is a page-turning story of boldness and intrigue, set in a forgotten corner of the Great War where rules were made to be broken.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781526676757

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

194 x 126 x 28 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC