The James Bond of the Great Game: Alexander Burnes (Ep. 69)

Alexander Burnes - soldier, explorer, shagger - One of the most interesting men in British colonial history. In today's episode, learn the story of this complex man who is a character in the computer game Assassin's creed and is also in the novel Flashman. 

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Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game - https://amzn.to/3jHWIE3

John Kaye, Lives of Indian officers - free download - https://archive.org/details/livesindianoffi01kayegoog

Karl Meyer, Tournament of Shadows - https://amzn.to/3X58neA

Patrick McCrory, Signal Catastrophe - https://amzn.to/3ZbHabX

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