Lhasa and Its Mysteries with a Record of the Expedition of 1903 to 1904
L Austine Waddell
Lhasa and Its Mysteries with a Record of the Expedition of 1903 to 1904
L Austine Waddell
- Lhasa and Its Mysteries describes the political background of the mission, brutal military clashes, the immobilizing effects of the Tibetan winter on troop movements, the advance to Lhasa and role of the Dalai Lama, Buddhist temples, oracles and sorcerers, peace negotiations and many more absorbing topics. This volume is a treasure of information for historians, students of history and Orientalists. For general readers fascinated by political intrigue, Far Eastern mysticism, military adventures and life in a far-off land, this well-written classic will prove especially engrossing. See the many other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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