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Himalaya
- A Human History
Engelsk Paperback
Himalaya
- A Human History
Engelsk Paperback

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''Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed'' Telegraph

This is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world''s highest mountains.


SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZE

An epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world''s highest mountains: here Jesuit missionaries exchanged technologies with Tibetan Lamas, Mongol Khans employed Nepali craftsmen, Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with Mughals.

Featuring scholars and tyrants, bandits and CIA agents, go-betweens and revolutionaries, Himalaya is a panoramic, character-driven history on the grandest but also the most human scale, by far the most comprehensive yet written, encompassing geology and genetics, botany and art, and bursting with stories of courage and resourcefulness.

''Magisterial'' The Times

''His observations are sharp...his writing glows'' New York Review of Books


SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
592
ISBN-13:
9781784704483
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1784704482
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
15 jul 2021
Længde:
43mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
138mm
Forlag:
Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato:
15 jul 2021
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge