Edmund Candler travelled with Colonel Younghusband’s mission as it forced its way from the Indian frontier through the Chumbi valley, past Phari Jong and over the high passes to the forbidden city of Lhasa. He describes the transport struggles, the bitter cold, the one-sided fighting in which he himself was badly wounded, and his impressions of Tibet and its people.
A vivid eyewitness account of a controversial imperial expedition, written with unusual candour. Download the free EPUB.