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John Ure, whose Shooting Leave told the stories of Victorian heroes fighting on the North-West Frontier, turns his attention to the maverick and wayward Englishmen, Scotsmen and Irishmen who joined the fight against Russian expansionist ambitions, but whose daring exploits exceeded and sometimes disregarded their instructions. Among his roll call of soldiers, journalists and assorted troublemakers are the 'loose cannon' Alexander Gardner and William Moorcroft, the East India Company's stud manager who had his own agenda.
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Sir John Ure, former British Ambassador to Cuba, Brazil and Sweden, is the author of, among other travel and historical books, Pilgrimage, In Search of Nomads, The Cossacks and The Trail of Tamerlane. He writes regularly on travel for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, and has served on the council of the Royal Geographical Society and as chariman of the Thomas Cook 'Travel Book of the Year' panel. His recreation in Who's Who is 'travelling uncomfortably in remote places and writing about it comfortably afterwards'
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Well informed, lively and entertaining * Traveller Magazine *
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- Publication date2012
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