My Journey to Lhasa: The Personal Story of the only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City (Digital Original)

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This early-twentieth-century adventure travel memoir by a female explorer is &“the sort of thriller yarn that keeps you up all night and is too soon over&” (Ms.). In this extraordinary mix of travelogue and autobiography, Madame Alexandra David-Néel details her 1923 expedition to Lhasa as the first Western woman to enter Tibet&’s Forbidden City. Recounting how she traveled with her adopted son, posing as a beggar and relying on her fluency in Tibetan dialects and culture, David-Néel relates a story of survival among harsh conditions and the ever-present danger of being discovered as a white woman, as well as her triumphant meeting with the Dalai-Lama. A compelling narrative by an adventurer, explorer, and passionate student of Buddhism, My Journey to Lhasa is an inspiring work of travel literature by a remarkable woman. &“My Journey to Lhasa . . . involves us intensely in a world that no longer exists—that of free Tibet. . . . [David-Néel&’s] descriptions of the landscape are fervent and her understanding of the Tibetans admirably unsentimental. Her Tibet is not at all the philosophers&’ kingdom of Lost Horizon; it is a fierce . . . frequently dangerous place, where she had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive.&” —The New York Times Book Review &“A lively account . . . and a classic portrait of Tibet, its region, and its people.&” —The Bloomsbury Review &“David-Néel was indisputably a fearless traveler, a rogue&’s rogue. Her account has the power to awe even today.&” —Outside &“As a traveler, she has performed a brilliant feat.&” —New Statesman
Copyright:
2023

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Book Size:
310 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781504083799
Publisher:
Open Road Media
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Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
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