- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; illustrated edition edition (3 Oct 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002157330
- ISBN-13: 978-0002157339
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 680,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Breathtakingly accomplished.’ Jonathan Keats, Observer
‘I cannot begin to do justice to the skill and the fun of this happy work. Younghusband is a glorious biography, fair, frank, and always interesting. They don’t come much more enjoyable than this.’ Jan Morris, Independent
‘I found myself reading through the night. This is a rare gem of a book.’ Fiammetta Rocco, Independent on Sunday
‘A charming biography which mingles travel with impressive research.’ Ian Thomson, Sunday Times
‘This is a wonderful book: beautifully written, wise, balanced, fair, funny and above all extremely original…an altogether brilliant debut.’ William Dalrymple, Spectator
Praise for ‘Liberty or Death’:
‘Brilliant…There can surely now be no serious doubt French is the most impressive Western historian of modern India currently at work.’ Frank McLynn, Glasgow Herald
‘Well researched, beautifully written and immensely scholarly.’ Andrew Roberts, Sunday Times
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Sir Francis Younghusband was the last of the great imperialists, a dashing adventurer - in 1903 he single-handedly invaded Tibet, wiped out its entire army and then became a mystic. Admired by H.G Wells and Bertrand Russell, he held the world record for the 300-yard dash, was the first European since Marco Polo to travel from Peking to Central Asia, discovered the source of the Indus and as a spy his presumed death almost sparked off an Indo-Russian war. The quest to quantify this man has led Patrick French through the Mustagh Pass, from the Himalayas to Kashmir, and into Tibet in search of clues, and into Younghusband's personal papers only recently made available personal papers only recently made available to the public.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a fascinating account of an unusual character. Sir Francis certainly had an extraordinary life - from leading an invasion of Tibet to profound mystical experiences. Patrick French does a very good job in sharing this story. You feel he is sympathetic, but doesn't slip into hagiography and is careful to let the facts speak for themselves. If I had one criticism, it would be mingling his own story of writing the book amidst the life of Younghusband. This story and writing was fine, but I would have preferred reading the life of Younghusband without interruption.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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for someone to have covered so much in their life - from soldier of Empire to interwar mystic. French gets the detail right
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