{"product_id":"9781526676757","title":"Mavericks : Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One (by Nick Higham)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Wildly exciting' KATE ADIE'Thoroughly gripping ... An action-packed tale' JUSTIN MAROZZI, THE TIMES'Beautifully written' LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES‘Stimulating... entertaining and instructive’ JULIAN EVANS, DAILY TELEGRAPHThe forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission - and survived against all odds to tell their extraordinary tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1918. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49572817010915,"sku":"9781526676757","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781526676757.jpg?v=1787328283","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.live\/products\/9781526676757","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}