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The British invasion of Tibet in 1904 is one of the strangest events in British imperial history. Conceived by Lord Curzon as a strategic move in the Great Game - that colossal struggle between imperial Britain and Tsarist Russia for influence in Central Asia - the incursion was in fact ill-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 Britain and ended in ignominy and disappointment for this idealistic adventurer. Peter Fleming's gripping portrayal of this curious episode and its charismatic protagonists brilliantly illuminates what is now seen as a key moment in the Great Game, the repercussions of which continue to be felt throughout the region.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Bayonets to Lhasa
• Author: Peter Fleming
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• EAN: 9781848856981
• ISBN: 1848856989
• ID: 04455807
• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Weight: 342 g
• Dimensions: 199 × 130 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. April 2012

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