First Russia, Then Tibet
Travels Through a Changing World
Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Lenin had just died, Stalin's dictatorship was in its infancy and the Great Terror had yet to begin. Having taken the first commercial flight to India, which took an astounding seven days, Byron was thrown into the tumultuous last years of the British Raj. Gandhi was imprisoned, while rioting and clashes between Hindus and Muslims had become commonplace. Finally Byron entered Tibet, the forbidden country. Exploring The Land of Snows”, he saw Tibet as it was when the then D…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84885-424-6
- EAN: 9781848854246
- Produktnummer: 19434993
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H19.7 cm x B13.1 cm x D2.2 cm 272 g
- Gewicht: 272
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