Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize

The British explorer George Hayward was one of the most mysterious and intriguing of all the travellers, spies, soldiers and charlatans who played “the Great Game”, the cold war fought amongst the deserts and mountains in the wild space between the advancing frontiers of the British Raj and the Russian Empire in the 19th Century.

In this new biography, Murder in the Hindu Kush, by journalist and travel writer Tim Hannigan, published by the History Press in 2011, Hayward’s strange story is told in full for the first time.

“Murder in the Hindu Kush: George Hayward and the Great Game is a masterful piece of research, sleuthing and story-telling that makes Hayward’s lonely figure come alive…” – Salman Rashid, Dawn

“… had us turning its pages… a rip roaring story…” - Barry Imeson, Chair of Boardman Tasker Judges

 “… immensely readable.  As murky and mysterious a story as one could wish for…” – The Western Morning News

  “…brings the life — and death — of George Hayward to a modern audience in stunningly researched detail…  an epic tale of loner against society, man against mountain…” – Khaleej Times

 “A travelogue cum intimate History, Hannigan in his work follows his subject like a novelist follows his protagonist…” – Pakistan Today

 Murder in the Hindu Kush: George Hayward and the Great Game is available from Amazon now