Mission to Tashkent is a memoir by British spy, explorer, and botanist Frederick Marshman Bailey. The book recounts Bailey's adventures in Turkestan between 1918 and 1920, during which he initially gathered intelligence on Bolshevik intentions as an official representative of the British government before continuing his work as a covert agent. One of the primary objectives of Bailey's mission was to collect information on those resisting British rule in Afghanistan and India, as well as to persuade the Bolsheviks to either continue their war against Germany or, at the very least, refrain from aiding the Central Powers.
This copy is in Very Good condition. There is some marks on the page edges. There is some minor shelf wear. Folio Society, 2003. 269 pages + black & white photographs and maps Original quarter red cloth in decorated boards and matching slipcase. As always, the photos are of the book you will receive.