Himalaya - A Human History by Ed Douglas
Himalaya - A Human History by Ed Douglas
SKU: B9781784704483 • Barcode: 9781784704483

Himalaya - A Human History: Ed Douglas

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Book information

  • Format: Paperback
  • Main subject: Social and cultural history
  • Genre / subject: Mountains
  • Author: Ed Douglas
  • Audience: Adults

About the book

Himalaya - A Human History by Ed Douglas is a history book for adult readers.

The first major history of the Himalaya - an epic story of peoples, cultures and 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. his writing glows' New York Review of Books SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE.

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