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    A Ride to Khiva: An Adventure in Central Asia

    By Fred Burnaby, Peter Hopkirk and Barney White-Spunner

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    Mission Impossible – the Central Asian city of Khiva, closed to Europeans by the Russians and a possible springboard for an invasion of India. The man to undertake it – Captain Fred Burnaby, six foot four in his socks, a brilliant horseman, a crack shot and strong as an ox, with eight languages under his belt. In the winter of 1875, braving frostbite and snowdrifts and unbeknown to his army superiors who would have forbidden it, he set out across Central Asia to investigate the latest secret Russian moves in the Great Game. His delight in a life of risk and adventure still burns through the pages of these youthful travels, as does his spontaneous affection for the Cossack troopers and the Tartar, Khirgiz and Turkoman tribesmen he encountered on his way to meet the Khan of Khiva. Once there, Burnaby was immediately ordered home by an alarmed government. And in London, he sat down and wrote this bestselling account of his adventures.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEland Publishing
    Release dateSep 30, 2017
    ISBN9781780601250
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    A Ride to Khiva: An Adventure in Central Asia
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    Fred Burnaby

    Frederick Burnaby was a British army officer, who travelled across Europe and Central Asia, mastered the art of ballooning, spoke a number of foreign languages fluently, stood for parliament twice, published several books, and helped launch the satirical magazine Vanity Fair. He died fighting in the Sudan in 1885.

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    • 4/5
      A nonfiction travelogue. A British soldier of the very adventurous type decides to spend his winter vacation traveling through Russia towards Afghanistan, around the time of the U.S. Civil war, when this part of Russia was very much like the Old West, but deathly cold as well. He hires guides and interpreters along the way, and has many encounters with Russian military officers from whom he politically needs permission, though there are strained relations between the two countries. The area around the Oxus River plays a big part of the story. Pretty fascinating to hear about this underknown part of the world.
    • 3/5
      Very intriguing to read travel writing from the 19th century. The adventure of it was enticing! Dry British humor, too...
    • 3/5
      "Having resolved to go to Central Asia, the next question was how to execute my intention..."By sally tarbox on 30 August 2017Format: Kindle EditionIn 1875, when British army captain Fred Burnaby was told that Russia had banned the English from travelling in 'Russian Asia', he determined to resurrect his long-held plan of visiting Khiva.This is the account of his arduous journey there. Forced to achieve the trip during his leave of absence, time was of the essence, and after the early stages in a train, entailed much travelling through snowy steppes and coping with a multitude of problems from frostbite, refractory camels and mutinous servants to the constant awareness that the Russians were uneasy about his presence.Amusing, quite awe-inspiring in courage (as Burnaby arranges to have an audience with the Khan of Khiva, we are aware that only a few decades earlier, Stoddart and Connolly were thrown in a bug-pit then executed by the fearsome rulere of neighbouring Bukhara.) The political situation features quite a bit as Burnaby comments on his perceptions of the Russians who are moving to take over Central Asia - applauded by many Brits at the time, who welcomed the idea of a 'civilized' nation adjoining India, rather than the dangerous Afghans.Quite an interesting read. Although Khiva is in modern-day Uzbekistan, I was surprised that the word 'Uzbek' doesnt feature once, the locals being referred to throughout as Kirghiz.