Mission to Tashkent (Paperback)

by Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. Bailey and F.M. Bailey

Book Overview

Colonel F. M. Bailey, whose extraordinary adventures are told here, was long accused by Moscow of being a British master spy sent in 1918 to overthrow the Bolsheviks in Central Asia. As a result, he had, many years after his death, an almost legendary reputation there--that of half-hero, half-villain. In this remarkable book he tells of the perilous game of cat-and-mouse, lasting sixteen months, which he played with the Bolshevik secret police: the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192803875
• ISBN13: 9780192803870
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.8"