MACLEAN, Fitzroy. A Person From England and Other Travellers.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1958). First edition.
Cloth, 384pp.
Fine in d/w with chipping to sine ends and rubbing, very good.
"Turkestan.....remote, mysterious and inaccessible behind the barrier of deserts and mountains, has always possessed a romantic fascination for travellers......" During the period of the Great Game between Russia and Britain in the early nineteenth century the area was infiltrated by agents and travellers, both official and unofficial who maneuvred for position in the land between them. Maclean's work "allows us to relive their fantastic and little-known adventures and presents a striking picture of a fascinating part of the world at a fascinating moment in its history." $150 CAD