"Involves us intensely in a world that no longer exists-that of free Tibet. . . . Fervent and admirably unsentimental . . . [David-Neel] had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive."- New York Times Book Review
Originally published in 1927, My Journey to Lhasa is a powerful, entertaining record of danger and achievement that has become one of the most remarkable and inspirational of all travelers' tales. Disguised as a beggar, Alexandra David-Neel tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate, suffered primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present danger of border control, and the military to become the first woman to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa-and the first Western woman to have been received by any Dalai Lama.
| ISBN: | 9780060596552 |
| Publication date: | 23rd August 2005 |
| Author: | Alexandra DavidNeel |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 376 pages |
| Genres: |
Tibetan Buddhism Gender studies: women and girls History of religion Religious life and practice Travel guides: adventure holidays Travel writing Biography: general Anthropology General and world history Travel and holiday guides Travel |