Bayonets to Lhasa
Fleming Peter
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Editeur - Casa editrice |
Greenwood Pub Group
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Asia
Tibet
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1974
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Pagine - Pages
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319
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Lingua - language - langue
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eng
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Bayonets to Lhasa
Published in 1961, BAYONETS TO LHASA is the account of the 1904 British invasion of Tibet--one of the strangest events in British imperial history.
Conceived as a move in the Great Game which Russia and England had played for years in central Asia, the British incursion into Tibet was a shot in the dark. It was led by Colonel Francis Younghusband, soldier explorer and mystic.
But Younghusband was caught in political cross-fire and in the end not only failed to accomplish his mission as he conceived it, but was publicly censured.
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Recensione in lingua italiana |
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Un classico, ma di scarsa reperibilità. Oltretutto di un momento storico del tibet ormai lontano più di cento anni. Solo per storici. |
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Biografia |
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Peter Fleming (1907 - 1974)
Brother of the more famous novelist Ian Fleming. As well as being a travel
writer, Peter actually worked for British Intelligence, and is thought to have
been the real life inspiration for his brother's famous creation, James Bond.
List of Works:
Brazilian Adventure (1934) (non-fiction)
Variety (1934) (non-fiction)
One's Company (1934) (non-fiction)
News From Tartary (1936) (non-fiction)
The Flying Visit (1941) (non-fiction)
A Story To Tell (1942) (non-fiction)
The Sixth Column (1952) (non-fiction)
A Forgotten Journey (1952) (non-fiction)
My Aunt's Rhinoceros (1957) (non-fiction)
Invasion 1940 (1957) (non-fiction)
With The Guards To Mexico (1957) (non-fiction)
The Gower Street Poltergeist (1958) (non-fiction)
The Siege At Peking (1959) (non-fiction)
Bayonets To Lhasa (1961) (non-fiction)
Goodbye To The Bombay Bowler (1961) (non-fiction)
The Fate Of Admiral Kolchak (1963) (non-fiction) |
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