PETER HOPKIRK

'Peter Hopkirk', born December 15 1930, in Nottingham, England is a British journalist and author. He worked for ITV news as a reporter and The Times newspaper as a foreign affairs specialist and latterly as chief reporter.
His books include:

★ Foreign Devils on the Silk Road. (Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1980) ISBN 0-87023-435-8

★ Trespassers on the Roof of the World, J. Murray, 1982.

★ Setting the East Ablaze, 1984.

★ The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, Kodansha International (New York), 1992.

★ Like Hidden Fire, Kodansha, 1995. (Also published as On Secret Service East of Constantinople).

★ Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game, Oxford University Press (New York), 1997.
His wife, Kathleen, published ''The Traveller's Companion to Central Asia'' (1994), which is an invaluable aid for understanding many of the cities described in his books.

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★ Reviews of some of Mr Hopkirk's Books on Amazon.com