My journey to Lhasa : the classic story of the only western woman who succeeded in entering the forbidden city / Alexandra David-Neel ; with a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama ; and an introduction by Diana N. Rowan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

David-Néel, Alexandra, 1868-1969

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Voyage d'une Parisienne à Lhassa. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

David-Néel, Alexandra, 1868-1969--Travel--China--Lhasa.

David-Néel, Alexandra.

David-Néel, Alexandra, 1868-1969.

Travel.

Lhasa (China)--Description and travel.

Lhasa (China).

China--Lhasa.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxix, 317 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Harper Perennial edition.

Other Title:

Classic story of the only western woman who succeeded in entering the forbidden city

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper Perennial, 2005.

Summary:

"In 1923 a stout fifty-five-year-old Frenchwoman named Madame Alexandra David-Neel, a former opera singer and a dedicated student of the East, disguised herself as a male pilgrim and ascended to the ancient Tibetan city of Lhasa. Her classic account of her adventure was first published in 1927"--Jacket.

Credits:

With a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and an introduction by Diana N. Rowan.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Harper and Brothers, 1927.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0060596554

9780060596552

OCLC:

57069357