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Peter Hopkirk
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| #498214 in Books | Kodansha USA | 1995-04-15 | 1995-04-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.40 x.80 x8.10l,.79 | File type: PDF | 286 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Another Hopkirk Gem|By zorba|When it comes to delineating the history of Central Asia and environs, few writers can touch the craftsmanship of author Peter Hopkirk. In his hands, what could easily be boring history, becomes, instead, vibrant excitement. As in his other books, Hopkirk makes these mysterious and fabled lands come alive. In this book he describes the many attem|From Publishers Weekly|Hopkirk (The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia) traces international attempts at breaking Tibet's isolationism since the mid-19th century. |Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.|
For nineteenth-century adventures, Tibet was the prize destination, and Lhasa, its capital situated nearly three miles above sea level, was the grandest trophy of all. The lure of this mysterious land, and its strategic importance, made it inevitable that despite the Tibetans’ reluctance to end their isolation, determined travelers from Victorian Britain, Czarist Russia, America, and a half dozen other countries world try to breach the country’s high walls. You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet (Kodansha Globe) | Peter Hopkirk. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.