Bayonets to Lhasa, by Peter Fleming
Author - Peter Fleming
Year published - 1961
Published by - Rupert Hart-Davis
Book Format - Hard Cover
Genre - British Colonial Wars
Summary
The British Invasion of Tibet in 1904 is one of the strangest events in British imperial history. Planned by Lord Curzon as a strategic move in the Great Game, the incursion was in fact I’ll-conceived and inspired by only the weakest of motivations. Led by the soldier, explorer, and mystic Francis Younghusband, The mission doomed from the very beginning, became caught in political cross-fire and the distant and destructive machinations of China and England. It ended in ignominy and disappointment. Peter Fleming’s book is a gripping depiction of this unusual chain of events, its charismatic protagonists, and the repercussions that continue to be felt throughout the region.
Notes - slight wear on front of dust jacket
Author - Peter Fleming
Year published - 1961
Published by - Rupert Hart-Davis
Book Format - Hard Cover
Genre - British Colonial Wars
Summary
The British Invasion of Tibet in 1904 is one of the strangest events in British imperial history. Planned by Lord Curzon as a strategic move in the Great Game, the incursion was in fact I’ll-conceived and inspired by only the weakest of motivations. Led by the soldier, explorer, and mystic Francis Younghusband, The mission doomed from the very beginning, became caught in political cross-fire and the distant and destructive machinations of China and England. It ended in ignominy and disappointment. Peter Fleming’s book is a gripping depiction of this unusual chain of events, its charismatic protagonists, and the repercussions that continue to be felt throughout the region.
Notes - slight wear on front of dust jacket
Author - Peter Fleming
Year published - 1961
Published by - Rupert Hart-Davis
Book Format - Hard Cover
Genre - British Colonial Wars
Summary
The British Invasion of Tibet in 1904 is one of the strangest events in British imperial history. Planned by Lord Curzon as a strategic move in the Great Game, the incursion was in fact I’ll-conceived and inspired by only the weakest of motivations. Led by the soldier, explorer, and mystic Francis Younghusband, The mission doomed from the very beginning, became caught in political cross-fire and the distant and destructive machinations of China and England. It ended in ignominy and disappointment. Peter Fleming’s book is a gripping depiction of this unusual chain of events, its charismatic protagonists, and the repercussions that continue to be felt throughout the region.
Notes - slight wear on front of dust jacket
