Younghusband
Title | Younghusband PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick French |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 585 |
Release | 2016-06-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1101973358 |
Soldier, explorer, mystic, guru, and spy, Francis Younghusband began his colonial career as a military adventurer and became a radical visionary who preached free love to his followers. Patrick French’s award-winning biography traces the unpredictable life of the maverick with the “damned rum name,” who single-handedly led the 190 British invasion of Tibet, discovered a new route from China to India, organized the first expeditions up Mount Everest and attempted to start a new world religion. Following in Younghusband’s footsteps, from Calcutta to the snows of the Himalayas, French pieces together the story of a man who embodies all the romance and folly of Britain’s lost imperial dream.
Younghusband
Title | Younghusband PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick French |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 691 |
Release | 2011-10-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0141964308 |
Soldier, explorer, mystic, guru and spy, Francis Younghusband began his colonial career as a military adventurer and became a radical visionary who preached free love to his followers. Patrick French's award-winning biography traces the unpredictable life of the maverick with the 'damned rum name', who singlehandedly led the 1904 British invasion of Tibet, discovered a new route from China to India, organized the first expeditions up Mount Everest and attempted to start a new world religion. Following in Younghusband's footsteps, from Calcutta to the snows of the Himalayas, French pieces together the story of a man who embodies all the romance and folly of Britain's lost imperial dream.
Young-Husband
Title | Young-Husband PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick French |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-01-27 |
Genre | Adventure and adventurers |
ISBN | 9780241950395 |
'A story full of excitement and insight, humour and curiosity' Michael Holroyd Soldier, explorer, mystic, guru and spy, Francis Younghusband began his colonial career as a military adventurer and became a radical visionary who preached free love to his followers. Patrick French's award-winning biography traces the unpredictable life of the maverick with the 'damned rum name', who singlehandedly led the 1904 British invasion of Tibet, discovered a new route from China to India, organized the first expeditions up Mount Everest and attempted to start a new world religion. Following in Younghusband's footsteps, from Calcutta to the snows of the Himalayas, French pieces together the story of a man who embodies all the romance and folly of Britain's lost imperial dream. 'Breathtakingly accomplished' OBSERVER 'Beautifully written, wise, balanced, fair, funny and above all extremely original' William Dalrymple 'Dazzling' Niall Ferguson 'I found myself reading through the night. This is a rare gem of a book, one which so perfectly combines author and subject that it must set new standards for the future of historical biography' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
India and Tibet
Title | India and Tibet PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Francis Younghusband |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 543 |
Release | 2014-11-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0486780872 |
One of the last great imperial adventurers, Sir Francis Younghusband (1863–1942) was a British army officer whose explorations yielded major contributions to geographical research. In addition to charting a new route across the Gobi Desert, Younghusband was among the first Britons to enter the forbidden Tibetan city of Lhasa, where he headed a 1904 civil and military campaign. Younghusband's expedition forms a landmark in British exploration, the culmination of more than 140 years of attempts to establish good diplomatic terms with Tibet. This survey offers an in-depth examination of relations between India and Tibet from 1772 through 1910, the year Tibet was invaded by China. The account focuses particularly on Younghusband's firsthand observations on the 1904 mission and the treaty negotiations between Great Britain and Tibet.
Duel in the Snows
Title | Duel in the Snows PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Allen |
Publisher | John Murray |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2015-11-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1473627540 |
In December 1903 a British army marched over the Himalayas to counter a non-existent Russian threat and was confronted by a medieval Tibetan army ordered to stop it by non-violent means. It was a clash between the mightiest political power in the world and the weakest. Leading the mission was the charismatic Francis Younghusband. Commanding the army escort was an officer determined to do things by the book: General James Macdonald. The result was conflict at every level. Drawing on diaries, letters and unpublished first-hand accounts, Charles Allen reveals not only the true character of one of Britain's great imperial heroes but also the calamitous outcome for the Tibetan people of Britain's last attempt at empire-building.
Kashmir
Title | Kashmir PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Francis Edward Younghusband |
Publisher | |
Pages | 590 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Himalaya Mountains |
ISBN |
One Woman's War
Title | One Woman's War PDF eBook |
Author | Eileen Younghusband |
Publisher | Candy Jar Books |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Bombing, Aerial |
ISBN | 9780956682628 |