{"product_id":"9780195838329","title":"Bayonets to Lhasa","description":"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.\u003cp\u003eConceived 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009056162032,"sku":"9780195838329","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780195838329","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}