The Great Game (Peter Hopkirk)

Why it’s on the list: A century of British and Russian agents crossing the Hindu Kush and the Pamirs — the original Great Game, reconstructed officer by officer.

Where I heard about it

• Replies to @typesfast — named in the answers to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (the thread, June 2025).

Connections

• What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
• History · Russia · China — where this sits in the corpus.