Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer - Tapa dura

"Breathtakingly accomplished... Ranks as one of the year's most thrilling biographies"
JONATHAN KEATES, 'Observer'

"The soldier, mystic and explorer Francis Younghusband, who fulfilled the romantic dreams of the late British Empire, was once as legendary a figure as Marco Polo or Lawrence of Arabia. He lives again most vividly and entertainingly in Patrick French's remarkable book. Deftly interweaving his own research adventures with his subject's exploits, he ingeniously brings immediacy and historical perspective to his narrative. From its endearing Introduction to its revelatory Epilogue, this is a story full of excitement and insight, humour and curiosity"
MICHAEL HOLROYD

"I cannot begin to do justice to the skill and 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'

"A brilliant and sensitive portrait of one of the foremost players of the Great Game. A remarkable achievement."
PETER HOPKIRK

"'Younghusband' is a charming biography which mingles travel with impressive research."
IAN THOMPSON, 'Sunday Times'

"This is a wonderful book: beautifully written, wise, balanced, fair, funny and above all extremely original... in his strange and riveting tale of Younghusband's metamorphosis, Patrick French has made an altogether brilliant debut, and it seems extremely unlikely that a more amusing or more innovative biography will be written this decade."
WILLIAM DALRYMPE, 'Spectator'

"This truly is a brilliant book, and brilliantly funny as well."
JOHN KEEGAN, 'Daily Telegraph'