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Shooting Leave: Spying Out Central Asia in the Great Game

de John Ure

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Snow leopards and Cossacks can both be dangerous. But to young British officers in India in the nineteenth century there was only one thing more exciting than shooting wild game in the mountains and steppes of Central Asia, and that was spying out those uncharted lands and impeding the advance of Tsarist Russia towards the frontiers of the British Raj. When the two activities were combined - in what was euphemistically called 'shooting leave' - adventures followed thick and fast. Shooting Leave tells the thrilling story of the dashing cavalry officers who volunteered for these adventures. They were individuals of talent and courage, but also of disturbing prejudice, aristocratic arrogance, missionary zeal or trigger-happy temperament. But whatever their specific task, one factor remained common to all officers sent out on covert and exploratory missions: they were expendable. Here they are brought to life as characters in their own right, as well as players in the Great Game.… (mais)
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Spying out Central Asia in the Great Game. Mini biographies of young British officers in India travelling/exploring areas of Central Asia.Including Alexander Burnes, Francis Younghusband, Fred Burnaby, and some Russian officers as well. Excellent. ( )
  reader68 | Nov 2, 2012 |
Read 2011. Biographical sketches of the colourful players in the Great Game, spying in central asia during the late 19C, mainly British. ( )
  DramMan | Jul 22, 2012 |
Britain and Russia played the 'great game' in the 19th century, each with expansionist ambitions in Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Punjab, and Tibet. Officers in both armies went on 'shooting leave' - the cover story was that they were off hunting - but in reality these were espionage trips to test out the lie of the land and track the other side's deployments. John Ure's book is a series of 'vignettes' tracking the adventures of chancers on both sides. It is a fun read, and manages to present a wide range of characters - some who disguised themselves as (Muslim) holy men and got away with it, some who were ridiculously obsessed with class and rank, some who were diplomats, some who were robbed and beaten, and some who were 'bounders'. One of the most intriguing was Valentine Baker, a Crimean war hero and commanding officer of the 10th Hussars, who in the 1870s travelled through Tbilisi, Baku, Tehran, and into Baluchistan, and eventually back to London via Russia. He had apparently covered himself in glory - but then was accused of raping a woman on the Aldershot to London train in June 1875. The trial was a cause celebre, although he was found not guilty of rape he was convicted of indecent asault and it ruined his career. He then ended up working as military adviser first to the Sultan of Turkey and then to the Khedive of Egypt.
  andratozo | Jan 3, 2012 |
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Snow leopards and Cossacks can both be dangerous. But to young British officers in India in the nineteenth century there was only one thing more exciting than shooting wild game in the mountains and steppes of Central Asia, and that was spying out those uncharted lands and impeding the advance of Tsarist Russia towards the frontiers of the British Raj. When the two activities were combined - in what was euphemistically called 'shooting leave' - adventures followed thick and fast. Shooting Leave tells the thrilling story of the dashing cavalry officers who volunteered for these adventures. They were individuals of talent and courage, but also of disturbing prejudice, aristocratic arrogance, missionary zeal or trigger-happy temperament. But whatever their specific task, one factor remained common to all officers sent out on covert and exploratory missions: they were expendable. Here they are brought to life as characters in their own right, as well as players in the Great Game.

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