Seven Years In Tibet

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A landmark in travel writing this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer's escape across the Himalayas to Tibet set against the backdrop of the Second World War Heinrich Harrer already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping & fled to Tibet Settling in Lhasa the Forbidden City where he became a friend & tutor to the Dalai Lama Heinrich Harrer spent seven years gaining a more profound understanding of Tibet & the Tibetans than any Westerner before him More recently made into a film starring Brad Pitt Seven Years in Tibet is a stunning story of incredible courage & self-reliance by one of the twentieth century's best travel writers