Description
| Product ID: | 9780349111421 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Search For Shangri-La |
| Subtitle: | A Journey into Tibetan History |
| Authors: | Author: Charles Allen |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Travel writing, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Folklore, myths & legends, Travel writing, Tibet, USA, French |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating * Highly entertaining account of four journeys into the Himalayas and Tibet* Includes a ground-breaking survey of the history of early Tibet The idea of a hidden refuge, a paradise far from the stresses of modern life, has universal appeal. In 1932 the writer James Hilton coined the word ''Shangri-La'' to describe such a place, when he gave that name to a hidden valley in the Himalayas in his novel LOST HORIZON. |
| Imprint Name: | Abacus |
| Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-01-20 |
