Younghusband : The Last Great Imperial Adventurer EPUB
by Patrick French
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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.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:464 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:06/10/2011
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- ISBN:9780141964300
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:464 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:06/10/2011
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- ISBN:9780141964300