{"product_id":"9781526676757","title":"Mavericks : Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Higham, Nick \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMilitary history\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 August 2026 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 196 x 26 | 280g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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 TELEGRAPHThe forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission - and survived against all odds to tell their extraordinary tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55665581883768,"sku":"9781526676757","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781526676757.jpg?v=1789735553","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781526676757","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}