Trespassers On The Roof Of The World By Peter Hopkirk

Hopkirk gives an overview of the various people and the story of how each tried and failed to reach this hidden city.

Trespassers on the roof of the world by peter hopkirk.

About trespassers on the roof of the world. For nineteenth century adventures tibet was the prize destination and lhasa its capital situated nearly three miles above sea level was the grandest trophy of all. Hopkirk follows the footsteps of the very first pundits who pioneered the mapping of tibet and leads his readers through the bloody years of the red chinese cultural revolution. Peter hopkirk is the author of like hidden fire.

The lure of this mysterious land and its strategic importance made it inevitable that despite the tibetans reluctance to end their isolation determined travelers from victorian britain czarist russia america and a half dozen other countries world try to breach the country. The plot to bring down the british empire trespassers on the roof of the world. Peter hopkirk unashamedly sets out to tell the many stories of those who attempted and mostly failed to penetrate the forbidden kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The race for lhasa and two other books.

A staff writer for the times of london for nineteen years five as its chief reporter he is a middle and far east specialist. Trespassers on the roof of the world tells the stories of the british french and russian attempts to reach the mysterious capital of tibet lhasa during the 1800 s. Read more 11 people found this helpful.