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Item Details
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TRESPASSERS ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
THE RACE FOR LHASA |
| By: |
Peter Hopkirk |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0192802054 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780192802057 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
19 July, 2001 |
| Pages: |
284 |
| Description: |
In ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of Tibet during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the race between agents, soldiers, missionaries, mountaineers, explorers, and mystics from nine different countries to reach Lhasa, Tibet's sacred capital. |
| Synopsis: |
Hidden behind the Himalayas and ruled over by a God-king, Tibet has always cast a powerful spell over travellers from the West. In this remarkable, and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval land during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the extraordinary race between agents, soldiers, missionaries, mountaineers, explorers, and mystics from nine different countries to reach Lhasa, Tibet's sacred capital. His story concludes with the ultimate act of trespass - the Chinese invasion of 1950. |
| Illustrations: |
8pp halftones, 3 maps |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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