The Great Game: Story of the First Oil War - Paperbackby Togrul Bagirov (Author) Inspired by true historical events, The Great Game is a gripping narrative of the personal ambitions and geopolitical interests in the very first fight for oil that played out on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The struggle to control Baku's oil pitted the richest families of the time against each other front and center are the Nobels locked in a rivalry with the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers. Darkening the plot further