My Journey to Lhasa The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City

Name: My Journey to Lhasa The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
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ISBN: 9780060596552

ISBN-10: 0060596554

ISBN-13: 9780060596552

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alexandra David-Neel, Alexandra David-neel

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An exemplary travelogue of danger and achievement by the Frenchwoman Madame Alexandra David-Neel of her 1923 expedition to Tibet, the fifth in her series of Asian travels, and her personal recounting of her journey to Lhasa, Tibet's forbidden city. In order to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa, she used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture, disguised herself as a beggar with yak hair extensions and inked skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the World. With the help of her young companion, Yongden, she willingly suffered the primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present danger of border control and the military to reach her goal.…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.26" wide x 7.95" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English