DESCRIPTION : A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer's escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Heinrich Harrer, already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time, was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe. He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping and fled to Tibet. Settling in Lhasa, the Forbidden City, where he became a friend and tutor to the Dalai Lama, Heinrich Harrer spent seven years gaining a more profound understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans than any Westerner before him. More recently made into a film starring Brad Pitt, Seven Years in Tibet is a stunning story of incredible courage and self-reliance by one of the twentieth century's best travel writers. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780586087077 BY (AUTHOR) Harrer, Heinrich, TRANSLATED BY Graves, Richard PUBLISHER : HarperCollins Publishers PUBLICATION DATE : November 17, 1988 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Flamingo LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 240 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Biography, Literature & Literary studies Lifestyle, Hobbies & Leisure
