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Mavericks: Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One

by Nick Higham

  

€ 16.25 

ISBN: 9781526676757

'Wildly exciting' KATE ADIE
'Thoroughly gripping ... An action-packed tale' JUSTIN MAROZZI, THE TIMES
'Beautifully written' LOUIS DE BERNIERES
'Stimulating... entertaining and instructive' JULIAN EVANS, DAILY TELEGRAPH

The forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission - and survived against all odds to tell their extraordinary tales.

1918. The First World War is drawing to a close and regimes are collapsing across Europe. Amid the chaos, British officials plot a daring campaign to send an unlikely band of soldiers, diplomats and spies to the volatile shores of the Caspian Sea. Their mission: stop the advancing Turks, hold back the Bolsheviks and secure the vital supply of oil from Baku.

Drawing on personal diaries, memoirs and once-secret government archives, Mavericks is a page-turning story of boldness and intrigue, set in a forgotten corner of the Great War where rules were made to be broken.

368 pages.

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Date of Publication: 27/08/2026

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