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Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land

Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land

by PatrickFrench (Author)

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    Hardcover 2003

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Synopsis

In 1982, while he was still a schoolboy, Patrick French met the Dalai Lama for the first time. Ever since, he has been fascinated by Tibet's people, its history, and its recent plight. "Tibet, Tibet" is a combination of travel and history. The book offers an exploration of one of the most beautiful, isolated, mysterious and misunderstood countries on earth. It follows Patrick French's progress on a journey through Tibet, sidetracked on the way by a cascade of information, thoughts and reflections on such subjects as the correct method of travelling across a desert by night; the advisability of not naming your children until their sixth year; and events like the removal of a corrupt Regent's eyeballs by means of a yak's knucklebones in 1933.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 352
 Edition: First American Edition
 Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 07 Apr 2003
ISBN 10: 0002571099
ISBN 13: 9780002571098

Media Reviews
From the reviews of Younghusband: 'The outstanding debut of a brilliant new biographer' Michael Holroyd 'I found myself reading through the night. This is a rare gem of a book' Fiammetta Rocco, Independent on Sunday 'They don't come much more enjoyable than this' Jan Morris, Independent From the reviews of Liberty or Death: 'Brilliant... There can surely now be no serious doubt French is the most impressive Western historian of modern India currently at work' Frank McLynn, Glasgow Herald 'Well-researched, beautifully written and immensely scholarly' Andrew Roberts, Sunday Times
Author Bio
Patrick French's first book, Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer, won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize. For his second, Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division, he was named the 1998 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. Patrick French is a director of Free Tibet campaign, and a former editor of Tibet News.