{"product_id":"mavericks-nick-higham-9781526676757","title":"Mavericks","description":"'Wildly exciting' KATE ADIE\n'Thoroughly gripping ... An action-packed tale' JUSTIN MAROZZI, THE TIMES\n'Beautifully written' LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES\n‘Stimulating... entertaining and instructive’ JULIAN EVANS, DAILY TELEGRAPH\nThe forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission - and survived against all odds to tell their extraordinary tales.\n1918. 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.\nDrawing 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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52262823461152,"sku":"9781526676757","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781526676757_3055946.jpg?v=1787982374","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/mavericks-nick-higham-9781526676757","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}