In the 1950s, he edited the West African news magazine Drum, sister paper to the South African Drum. At the Dragon he played rugby, and shot at Bisley.īefore turning full-time author, he was an ITN reporter and newscaster for two years, the New York City correspondent of Lord Beaverbrook's The Sunday Express, and then worked for nearly twenty years on The Times five as its chief reporter, and latterly as a Middle East and Far East specialist. From an early age he was interested in spy novels carrying around Buchan's Greenmantle and Kipling's Kim stories about India. It must have resonated with his writings in the history of the lawless frontiers of the British Empire. The family hailed originally from the borders of Scotland in Roxburghshire where there was a rich history of barbaric raids and reivers hanging justice.
Hopkirk was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford. He grew up at Danbury, Essex, notable for the historic palace of the Bishop of Rochester. If not, there are plenty of other good books to read.Peter Hopkirk was born in Nottingham, the son of Frank Stewart Hopkirk, a prison chaplain, and Mary Perkins. At 524 pages it might be a bit long unless you are interested in the topic, if you are, I can definitely recommend it.
– Military promotion and awards, from Royal Geographic Society in the British case to give an example.Īn interesting book for sure. Petersburg.įor explorers, adventurers and military men ⚔️ – Spreading Christian civilisation, which got even moreover important after reports of Central Asian lack of morals reached London and St. – Access to new markets for their products. The British authorities in India feared a Russian invasion of their imperial crown jewel. Using Afghanistan and other tribes and nations as a buffer against Russian expansion. Russians were routinely enslaved by the khans of Central Asia. – Conquest to stop slave raiders (similar to what the French did in North Africa). Russia was occupied by the Mongol Golden Horde for a long time.
– Revenge after centuries of aggression from the peoples of the steppes. What were the motivating factors for interference and struggle for control of Central Asia? This Anglo-Russian rivalry began with the defeat of Napoleon (their common enemy) and ended in the early 1900s with the emergence of two glorious nations Germany and Japan. The Great Game refers to the geopolitical power struggle between Great Britain and Russia in Central Asia (with Afghanistan as the focal point) during the 1800s. I have read The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk.
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