he was awarded the Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal for his writing and travels by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. Much of his research came from the India Office archives in the British Library (in London's St Pancras). Hopkirk's wife Kathleen Hopkirk wrote A Traveller's Companion to Central Asia, published by John Murray in 1994 (). Hopkirk died on 22 August 2014 at the age of 83. Awards Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Prize (1999) Works Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia, 1980 on early European explorations of the Taklamakan Desert Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasa, 1982 Setting the East Ablaze: Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia, 1984 The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia, John Murray, 1990, The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, Kodansha International, 1992, On Secret Service East of Constantinople: The Great Game and the Great War, 1994 published in the US as: Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire, 1995 on plots by the Germans to raise Central Asia against the British during World War I Quest for Kim: in Search of Kipling's Great Game, 1996; a travelogue to the locations of Kipling's novel Kim Testimonials Patrick Leigh Fermor in The Daily Telegraph nominated The Great Game for the Book of the Year. Edward Said in Punch magazine called it a "superb account" and the FT declared it to be "immensely readable and magisterial". Hopkirk, wrote Lord Longford, displayed "astonishing erudition." References Citations Sources Secondary sources External links Peter Hopkirk - Historian of 'The Great Game' Peter Hopkirk Farewell, Peter Hopkirk, And Thank You British historians British military historians British male journalists 1930 births 2014 deaths Central Asian studies scholars King's African Rifles officers People educated at The Dragon School Royal Hampshire Regiment officers