简介:Foryears,IhavebeenlongingtowriteareactiontothebookentitledYounghusband,theLastGreatImperialAdventurer.PatrickFrench,theauthorofthisbook,isnotaTibetologistbutin1994,HarperCollinspublishedhisbookYounghusband,theLastGreatImperialAdventurer.Soonafterthat,twodifferentChinesetranslationscameout-bothinChinaandoverseas(ZhengMinghuaisthetranslatoroftheformer,veryslightlyabridgedintoonevolume,andXinjiangPeople'sPublishingHouse,2000,Urumqi).In1999,MarcoPoloCulturalCareerStockLtd.publishedthesecondversionintwovolumes.