The Search For Shangri-La

The Search For Shangri-La

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780349111421
Untertitel:
A Journey into Tibetan History
Genre:
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
Autor:
Allen Charles
Herausgeber:
Little, Brown and Company
Anzahl Seiten:
320
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.03.2000
ISBN:
978-0-349-11142-1

Zusatztext Retells the adventures of kings and seers! shamans and deities! handling the tales of war! triumph and defeat with mastery Informationen zum Autor Charles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about Indian and the colonial experience elsewhere. A traveller, historian and master storyteller he is one of the great chroniclers of India. * Highly entertaining account of four journeys into the Himalayas and Tibet * Includes a ground-breaking survey of the history of early Tibet Zusammenfassung * Highly entertaining account of four journeys into the Himalayas and Tibet* Includes a ground-breaking survey of the history of early Tibet

Retells the adventures of kings and seers, shamans and deities, handling the tales of war, triumph and defeat with mastery

Vorwort
* Highly entertaining account of four journeys into the Himalayas and Tibet
* Includes a ground-breaking survey of the history of early Tibet

Autorentext
Charles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about Indian and the colonial experience elsewhere. A traveller, historian and master storyteller he is one of the great chroniclers of India.

Klappentext
Explores the myth behind the story of Shangri-La, a phrase coined by writer James Hilton in 1932. Allen took four trips to the Himalayas and Tibet where he discovered much about the pre-Buddhist religion of Bon. 16pp of colour illus.

Zusammenfassung
* Highly entertaining account of four journeys into the Himalayas and Tibet* Includes a ground-breaking survey of the history of early Tibet


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