{"product_id":"my-journey-to-lhasa-the-classic-story-of-the-only-western-woman-who-succeeded-in-entering-the-forbidden-city-isbn-9780060596552","title":"My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Involves us intensely in a world that no longer exists—that of free Tibet. . . . Fervent and admirably unsentimental . . . [David-Neel] had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive.”— \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1927, \u003cem\u003eMy Journey to Lhasa\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  An exemplary travelogue of danger and achievement by the Frenchwoman Madame Alexandra David–Neel of her 1923 expedition to Tibet, the fifth in her series of Asian travels, and her personal recounting of her journey to Lhasa, Tibet's forbidden city.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In order to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa, she used her fluency of Tibetan dialects and culture, disguised herself as a beggar with yak hair extensions and inked skin and tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate in the World. With the help of her young companion, Yongden, she willingly suffered the primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever–present danger of border control and the military to reach her goal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The determination and sheer physical fortitude it took for this woman, delicately reared in Paris and Brussels, is inspiration for men and women alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e David–Neel is famous for being the first Western woman to have been received by any Dalai Lama and as a passionate scholar and explorer of Asia, hers is one of the most remarkable of all travellersߴales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A scholar of Eastern religion and Tibetan language, David-Neel was indisputably a fearless traveler, a rogue’s rogue who, in 1923, disguised as an illiterate pilgrim, became the first Western woman to reach Tibet’s forbidden city. Her account has the power to awe even today.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“David-Neel was indisputably a fearless traveler, a rogue’s rogue. Her account has the power to awe even today.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“My Journey to Lhasa . . . involves us intensely. . . . [David-Neel’s] descriptions of the landscape are fervent and her understanding of the Tibetans admirably unsentimental. Her Tibet is not at all the philosophers’ kingdom of Lost Horizon; it is a fierce, filthy, frequently dangerous place, where she had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“David-Neel was indisputably a fearless traveler, a rogue’s rogue who, in 1923, disguised as an illiterate pilgrim, became the first Western woman to reach Tibet’s forbidden city. Her account has the power to awe even today.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Frenchwoman Alexandra David-Neel was exceptional.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dalai Lama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMy Journey to Lhasa\u003c\/em\u003e . . . involves us intensely in a world that no longer exists-that of free Tibet. . . . [David-Neel’s] descriptions of the landscape are fervent and her understanding of the Tibetans admirably unsentimental. Her Tibet is not at all the philosophers’ kingdom of Lost Horizon; it is a fierce . . . frequently dangerous place, where she had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The sort of thriller yarn that keeps you up all night and is too soon over.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMs. magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As a traveler, she has performed a brilliant feat.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fascinating…. A striking portrait of the Tibetan people and their culture, as seem by a most remarkable woman.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Books for the Curious Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In 1923, at the age of fifty-five, the author disguised herself as a pilgrim and made her way to Tibet’s forbidden city of Lhasa. This is a lively account of her journey and a classic portrait of Tibet, its region, and its people.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887632642277,"sku":"NP9780060596552","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060596552.jpg?v=1730227119","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/my-journey-to-lhasa-the-classic-story-of-the-only-western-woman-who-succeeded-in-entering-the-forbidden-city-isbn-9780060596552","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}