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Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Assumed First Edition- When Patrick French was a teenager, the Dalai Lama visited his school in northern England. Fascinated by this exotic apparition, French began what was to become a lifelong quest to understand Tibet, the myth and the fact. He would immerse himself in the history, travel as the guest of ordinary Tibetans-nuns, nomads, and exiles-and organize Free Tibet activists from an office in London. Now he gives us a kaleidoscopic account of that journey. Part memoir, part travel book, part history, Tibet, Tibet ventures beyond our world-weary fantasies to discover the truth behind a culture's struggle for survival. In French's narrative, a land adored for peaceful spirituality reveals its surprising early history of fierce war-making. Here as well are the centuries-old legends of how Tibetan diplomats maneuvered deftly at the Chinese court, legends that inform to this day…
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- Title Tibet, Tibet (Tibet, Tibet)
- Author PARTRICK FRENCH
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st edition
- Pages 333p.
- Language ENG
- Publisher KNOPF, New Delhi
- Date 2003
- ISBN 9788172235086
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