The Ride to Khiva is a travelogue written by Francis Cowley Burnand, a British journalist and playwright, in 1877. The book details Burnand's journey to the city of Khiva, located in present-day Uzbekistan, during the Great Game era, a period of intense rivalry between the British and Russian Empires for control of Central Asia.Burnand's journey begins in London and takes him through various cities in Europe and Asia, including Vienna, Constantinople,...