Hopkirk recounts the opening up of this medieval land 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.
ISBN: | 9780719564499 |
Publication date: | 27th March 2006 |
Author: | Peter Hopkirk |
Publisher: | John Murray an imprint of John Murray Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 274 pages |
Genres: |
Asian history |