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Francis Younghusband

1863–1942

Francis Edward Younghusband was a British soldier, explorer and political officer whose travels through Central Asia made him a prominent figure in the late nineteenth-century Great Game. He served in the Indian Political Service and became closely involved in British policy towards the Himalayan frontier.

In 1903 he led the mission sent from British India into Tibet, which advanced to Lhasa under military escort and imposed the Convention of Lhasa in 1904 after a campaign marked by severe Tibetan casualties. In later life Younghusband became an advocate of interfaith and spiritual causes.

In Charles Allen’s Duel in the Snows, Political officer Francis Younghusband drove the mission towards Lhasa while Brigadier-General James Macdonald commanded its military escort. John Wilcox’s Treachery in Tibet places Francis Younghusband at the centre of the 1903–1904 British expedition to Tibet, using his mission and the advance on Lhasa as the historical framework for the novel’s intrigue.

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Francis Younghusband (1 series)

Simon Fonthill in Order

by John Wilcox 13 books 4.2(4,074)

The Simon Fonthill series follows an unconventional British officer and intelligence scout through the wars and crises of the late Victorian and Edwardian empire. Beginning in southern Africa in 1879, Simon Fonthill and his Welsh comrade ‘352’ Jenkins move from regular army service into scouting, diplomacy and irregular…

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Non Fiction

Non Fiction featuring Francis Younghusband (1 book)

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