{"product_id":"mavericks-empire-oil-revolution-and-the-forgotten-battle-of-world-war-one-hardback","title":"Mavericks: Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 09\/10\/2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Wildly exciting' KATE ADIE\u003cbr\u003e'Thoroughly gripping ... An action-packed tale' JUSTIN MAROZZI,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully written' LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES\u003cbr\u003e‘Stimulating... entertaining and instructive’ JULIAN EVANS,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission with a daring and fearless approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the First World War drew to a close and regimes began to collapse across Europe, British officials plotted a daring campaign to send an unlikely band of maverick soldiers, diplomats and spies to the chaotic region around the Caspian Sea. Their mission: to block the advance of the Turks, to hold back the rising Bolsheviks and prevent a Turkish-inspired jihad overwhelming India, and to secure the vital supply of oil from Baku.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was an almost impossible task, but\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMavericks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the gripping stories of the remarkable and enterprising characters at the centre of it all, who would be tested to the limit. There was Lionel Dunsterville, the inspiration for Kipling’s Stalky and commander of the expedition; Ranald MacDonell, a Scottish aristocrat and diplomat who smuggled millions of roubles for the war effort; Edward Noel, a seemingly indestructible soldier who was held hostage for sixty-five days in horrific conditions; Toby Rawlinson, the younger brother of one of Britain’s most senior generals and a brilliant inventor; and Reginald Teague-Jones, a spy who printed his own currency and would eventually emerge as an author at the age of ninety-nine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on personal diaries, memoirs and once-secret government archives,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMavericks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings to life a cast of eccentric heroes who survived against all odds to tell their extraordinary tales. This is a propulsive story of boldness and intrigue, set in a forgotten corner of the Great War where the rules were made to be broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003eBloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9781526677013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e368\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e236\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e158\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e36\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e612 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":51416442962233,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/81WUzEoNdEL._SL1500.jpg?v=1764970648","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/mavericks-empire-oil-revolution-and-the-forgotten-battle-of-world-war-one-hardback","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}