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Himalaya: A Human History
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Himalaya: A Human History

Ed Douglas
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The first major history of the Himalaya - an epic story of peoples, cultures and the world’s highest mountains

‘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

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
2 November 2021
Pages
592
ISBN
9781784704483

The first major history of the Himalaya - an epic story of peoples, cultures and the world’s highest mountains

‘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

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
2 November 2021
Pages
592
ISBN
9781784704483

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