Trespassers on the Roof of the World : The Race for Lhasa
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0719564492
ISBN-13
9780719564499
Publisher
John Murray Press
Imprint
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 27th, 2006
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
216 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 13.00 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
TibetAsian historyAsian history
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'A rich harvest of harrowing adventures recounted in fascinating detail' Daily Telegraph
No other land has captured man's imagination quite like Tibet. Hidden away behind the highest mountains on earth, and ruled over by a mysterious God-king, it was for centuries a land forbidden to all outsiders. In this remarkable and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval Buddhist kingdom by inquisitive Western travellers during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the race to reach Lhasa, Tibet's sacred capital. This epic, often harrowing tale, which ends with the Chinese invasion of 1950, draws on a colourful cast of gatecrashers from nine different countries. Among them were adventurous young officers on Great Game missions, explorers and mountaineers, mystics and missionaries. All took their lives in their hands, including three intrepid women. Some were never to return.
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