Mavericks

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adventure
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Bolsheviks
Britain
Caspian Sea
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conflict
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forthcoming
government archives
Great War
heroes
historical retelling
military
revolutions
Russian Empire
spies
war
Western Front
WW1

Product details

  • ISBN 9781526676757
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Aug 2026
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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'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 TELEGRAPH

The forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission with a daring and fearless approach.


1918. 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.

Drawing 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.

Nick Higham is a writer and former journalist who spent nearly 30 years as a BBC correspondent. An accomplished television and radio performer, he is also a regular interviewer at literary festivals and is a former presenter of 'Meet the Author' on the BBC News Channel. His history of London's water, The Mercenary River, was published in 2022.

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