Travels into Bokhara

Burnes, Alexander

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Author
Burnes, Alexander
Publish Date
11/05/2012
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
ELAND
Subtitle
The Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus
Number of Pages
244
ISBN-10
1906011710
ISBN-13
9781906011710
SKU
9781906011710

Description

Sent to India aged just sixteen to make his fortune, Alexander Burnes soon revealed an extraordinary talent for languages, combined with a boyish charm, insatiable curiosity, and irrepressible enthusiasm. By the age of 26 he had so impressed his superiors that he was entrusted with the task of delivering a gift of horses from King William IV to the Maharajah of Lahore. In reality he was acting as a diplomat and spy. Having succeeded, he was then dispatched on a much more dangerous mission, to explore the political and ethnic realities amongst the Khanates of Afghanistan and Central Asia. This travelogue brings the heady sense of excitement, risk, and zeal of Alexander Burnes' missions.