Peter Hopkirk Bücher
Peter Hopkirks Schriften tauchen tief in die faszinierenden, oft gesetzlosen Grenzgebiete des Britischen Empires und darüber hinaus ein, angetrieben von einer lebenslangen Faszination für Geschichte und Geografie. Seine umfangreiche journalistische Karriere, geprägt von Einsätzen in unruhigen Regionen, sowie jahrelange Reisen durch Russland, Zentralasien und den Nahen Osten, verliehen seinem Werk eine einzigartige Perspektive. Hopkirk verband meisterhaft seine Erfahrungen als Reporter und Korrespondent mit sorgfältiger historischer Recherche und schuf fesselnde Erzählungen über Abenteuer, Spionage und kulturelle Begegnungen. Inspiriert von klassischen Reiseberichten beleuchten seine Bücher die komplexen Geschichten und menschlichen Dramen, die sich am Rande der Zivilisation abspielen.






Östlich von Konstantinopel
- 488 Seiten
- 18 Lesestunden
The Great Game
- 576 Seiten
- 21 Lesestunden
Tells the story of the "Great Game", the imperial, political, diplomatic and military operation in British India, stretching from the Caucasus in the west to Chinese Turkestan and Tibet in the east.
The great game: the struggle for empire in central Asia
- 624 Seiten
- 22 Lesestunden
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth - Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia - fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized in Kipling's Kim. When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India.This book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horsetraders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence, and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned.
On Secret Service East of Constantinople
- 464 Seiten
- 17 Lesestunden
'Hopkirk has made the extraordinary field of Central-Asian espionage his own ... an enthralling story' Observer
'A gripping account of the terrible, confused struggle for mastery of Central Asia that followed the Russian Revolution' Evening Standard
Trespassers on the Roof of the World
- 284 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
In ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of Tibet during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the race between agents, soldiers, missionaries, mountaineers, explorers, and mystics from nine different countries to reach Lhasa, Tibet's sacred capital.
The Silk Road, the great trans-Asian highway linking Imperial Rome to China, reached the height of its importance during the T'ang Dynasty. Along it travelled precious cargoes as well as new ideas, art and knowledge. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of trade. However, as the Chinese lost control of the region, it began to decline to the point where the towns disappeared beneath desert sands. Local legends grew of buried treasure guarded by demons.
Peter Hopkirk's book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt between the wars to set the East ablaze with the new gospel of Marxism. Lenin's dream was to liberate the whole of Asia, but his starting point was British India. A shadowy, undeclared war followed.Among the players in this new Great Game were British Indian intelligence officers and the professional revolutionaries of the Communist International. There were also Muslim visionaries and Chinese warlords - as well as a White Russian baron who roasted his Bolshevik captives alive. Here is an extraordinary tale of intrigue and treachery, barbarism and civil war, whose echoes continue to be heard in Central Asia today.