This book His Life and Adventures contains important observations about both Iran and Turkestan. Arminius Vambéry touches on many issues from the Shiite-Sunni tensions in Iran and Turkistan to the border conflicts between Russia and Iran from the thoughts of the Turkistan administrators and people about the Ottoman Empire to the reflections of the Russian invasion in Turkestan.

The author makes political and social determinations about Turkestan that should be taken into account even today.
"A most fascinating work full of interesting and curious experiences."
Contemporary Review.

"It is the confession of an uncommon man; an intensely clever extraordinarily energetic egotist well-informed persuaded that he is in the right and impatient of contradiction."
Daily Telegraph.

"The work is written in a most captivating manner and illustrates the qualities that should be possessed by the explorer."
Novoe Vremya Moscow.