{"product_id":"mavericks-empire-oil-revolution-and-the-forgotten-battle-of-world-war-one-by-nick-higham","title":"Mavericks: Empire, Oil, Revolution and the Forgotten Battle of World War One by Nick Higham","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 27 AUG 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Wildly exciting' KATE ADIE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Thoroughly gripping ... An action-packed tale' JUSTIN MAROZZI, THE TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Beautifully written' LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Stimulating... entertaining and instructive’ JULIAN EVANS, DAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission with a daring and fearless approach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback | Publication: 27 Aug 2026, Bloomsbury\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526676757\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 368 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57172006502782,"sku":null,"price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781526676757.jpg?v=1774524982","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/mavericks-empire-oil-revolution-and-the-forgotten-battle-of-world-war-one-by-nick-higham","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}