{"product_id":"mavericks-2","title":"Mavericks","description":"''Wildly exciting'' KATE ADIE\u003cbr\u003e''Thoroughly gripping ... An action-packed tale'' JUSTIN MAROZZI, THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e''Beautifully written'' LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES\u003cbr\u003e‘Stimulating... entertaining and instructive’ JULIAN EVANS, DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission - and survived against all odds to tell their extraordinary tales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58464766624079,"sku":"9781526676757","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781526676757_1-mavericks.jpg?v=1786591220","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/mavericks-2","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}