The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet - Brossura

Teltscher, Kate

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ISBN 10: 0747585474 ISBN 13: 9780747585473

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2007

Riassunto

In 1774, British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet. Bogle became smitten by what he saw there, and struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama. This gripping book tells the story of their two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the world: Bogle's mission, and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China, on which British hopes were hung. Piecing together extracts from Bogle's private papers, Tibetan biographies of the Panchen Lama, the account of a wandering Hindu monk and the writings of the Emperor himself, Kate Teltsher deftly reconstructs the momentous meeting of these very different worlds.

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• Editore: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0747585474
• ISBN 13: 9780747585473
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336