Books by Patrick French
Patrick French (born 1966) is a British writer and historian, based in London and Delhi. He is the author of several books including: Younghusband: the Last Great Imperial Adventurer, a biography of Francis Younghusband, The World Is What It Is, an authorised biography of Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and India: a Portrait: an intimate biography of 1.2 billion people.
Tibet, Tibet
by Patrick French
In Tibetan literature, people are either hugely admiring or they are really critical and angry. It’s rare that you get a voice that depicts both, so I found it to be among the most interesting books written on Tibet.
Interviews with Patrick French
The best books on India, recommended by Patrick French
The author of the acclaimed India: A Portrait takes us around the world’s largest democracy, from the dance bars of Bombay to Kerala crab curry on the Southwest coast. Patrick French picks the best books on India.
Interviews where books by Patrick French were recommended
The best books on China, recommended by Evan Osnos
Travelling to China? What are the best books to read to get a more in-depth understanding of this complex country? Longtime Beijing resident and New Yorker writer Evan Osnos picks some of his favourites.
The best books on Tibet, recommended by Robert Barnett
Discussions about Tibet are often reduced to arguments about China’s right to run it. Tibetologist Robbie Barnett says this obscures a much more subtle debate about what it means to be Tibetan in modern Tibetan society.
