num_pages: 368
description: 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 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 Drawing on diaries, letters and unpublished first-hand accounts, Charles Allen reveals not only the true character of one of Britain's great imperial heroes but also the calamitous outcome for the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.
language: English
title: Duel in the Snows : The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa
titlecomplete: Duel in the Snows : The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa
characters: Laurence Waddell, General James Macdonald, Francis Younghusband
genres: History, Military Fiction, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 31
places: British Empire, Lhasa, Tibet, Tibet
publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd