My Journey to Lhasa: The Personal Story Of The Only Western Woman Who Su cceeded In Entering The Forbidden City

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Author: Alexandra David-NeelISBN: 9780060596552Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersYear first published: 28 Oct 2005Pages: 376 Format: Paperback / softback Originally published in 1 927, My Journey to Lhasa is a powerful, entertaining record of danger and achievement that has become one of the most remarkable and inspirational of all travelers’ tales. Disguised as a beggar, Alexandra David-Neel tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate, suffered primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present danger of border control, and the military to become the first woman to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa—and the first Western woman to have been received by any Dalai Lama. Show more