Fred Burnaby (1842–1885)
Autore di A Ride to Khiva
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Image from The life of Colonel Fred Burnaby (1908) by Thomas Wright
Opere di Fred Burnaby
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Burnaby, Fred
- Nome legale
- Burnaby, Frederick Gustavus
- Data di nascita
- 1842-03-03
- Data di morte
- 1885-01-17
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Somewhere in the desert of Sudan
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- United Kingdom
- Luogo di nascita
- Bedford, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Abu Klea, Sudan
- Causa della morte
- spear to the throat
- Luogo di residenza
- England, UK
Germany
Spain
Khartoum, Sudan - Istruzione
- Bedford School, Bedford, England
Harrow School
Oswestry School - Attività lavorative
- traveller
Lieutenant-Colonel, British Army
writer
balloonist
war correspondent
intelligence officer - Relazioni
- Hawkins-Whitshed, Elizabeth (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- Royal Horse Guards
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 253
- Popolarità
- #90,475
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 38
- Lingue
- 3
By sally tarbox on 30 August 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
In 1875, when British army captain Fred Burnaby was told that Russia had banned the English from travelling in 'Russian Asia', he determined to resurrect his long-held plan of visiting Khiva.
This is the account of his arduous journey there. Forced to achieve the trip during his leave of absence, time was of the essence, and after the early stages in a train, entailed much travelling through snowy steppes and coping with a multitude of problems from frostbite, refractory camels and mutinous servants to the constant awareness that the Russians were uneasy about his presence.
Amusing, quite awe-inspiring in courage (as Burnaby arranges to have an audience with the Khan of Khiva, we are aware that only a few decades earlier, Stoddart and Connolly were thrown in a bug-pit then executed by the fearsome rulere of neighbouring Bukhara.) The political situation features quite a bit as Burnaby comments on his perceptions of the Russians who are moving to take over Central Asia - applauded by many Brits at the time, who welcomed the idea of a 'civilized' nation adjoining India, rather than the dangerous Afghans.
Quite an interesting read. Although Khiva is in modern-day Uzbekistan, I was surprised that the word 'Uzbek' doesnt feature once, the locals being referred to throughout as Kirghiz.… (altro)