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Trespassers on the Roof of the World
Peter Hopkirk
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Description for Trespassers on the Roof of the World
Paperback. 'A rich harvest of harrowing adventures recounted in fascinating detail' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp black and white integrated. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder Pb
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
219g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719564499
SKU
V9780719564499
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About Peter Hopkirk
Peter Hopkirk travelled widely in the regions where his six books are set: Central Asia, the Caucasus, China, Russia, India and Pakistan, Iran, and Eastern Turkey. He worked as an ITN reporter, the New York correspondent of the old Daily Express, and - for twenty years - on The Times. No stranger to misadventure, he was twice held in secret ... Read more
Reviews for Trespassers on the Roof of the World
'As vivid and gripping as a John Buchan novel'
Evening Standard
'A marvellous book, well researched and beautifully written - a treat for armchair explorers everywhere'
New Statesman
Evening Standard
'A marvellous book, well researched and beautifully written - a treat for armchair explorers everywhere'
New Statesman