In this candid look into Asian colonial supremacy, this account describes what began in December of 1903, when a border dispute escalated amid rumors of a proposed secret alliance between Russia and the religious monarchy at Lhasa. British Colonel Francis Younghusband marched his Indian troops north with a battalion of Asian laborers and special correspondent Edmund Candler from The Daily Mail in tow. This record not only describes the thrilling journey experienced by a group of men deep into the heart of Tibet, but also provides an interesting history of a conflict known as "e;The Great Game."e;

Edmund Candler (1874-1926) was a popular war correspondent, once called the very soul of fearlessness by The London Times. Born and educated in England, he became an educator in India and was named principal of Mohimara College in Patiala State. In 1903, he lost an arm as special correspondent to accompany the Younghusband mission in Tibet. In WWI, he wrote from the Western Front and Iraq. He was the author of several books including novels and nonfiction.