Treachery in Tibet

by John Wilcox

Book Overview

1903. The British Empire has reached its probable apogee: so much of the world map is coloured red and the sun never set on its boundaries. But Lord Curzon, the ambitious Viceroy of India, has different views. Tibet, the mountainous region on the Raj's borders, irritates him: the Dalai Lama never replies to his letters and border disputes multiply.

He decides to invade and recruits Simon Fonthill, veteran of so many of Queen Victoria's 'Little...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749019824
• ISBN13: 9780749019822
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"