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At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. The Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been fascinated by Tibet since he was a teenager. He has read its histoContinue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Myth and reality
Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land by Patrick French 333pp, HarperCollins, £20 Let's start with some facts. Tibet, once a large central-Asian country that ruled itself, is now a rather smaller entity within the People's Republic of China ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Paperback 352 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 1400034175
- ISBN-13: 9781400034178
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Sep 28, 2004
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
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| 9781400034178 | Paperback | $17.95 | $12.96 | bn.com |
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Chinese takeaway
Tibet, Tibet by Patrick French HarperCollins £20, pp352 In 1904, after a campaign in which thousands of poorly armed Tibetans were killed, the imperial adventurer Sir Francis Younghusband arrived at the gates of the holy city of Lhasa. The population ... (read full critics)