All six of his books are available from john murray.
Trespassers on the roof of teh world.
The great game on secret service east of constantinople setting the east ablaze trespassers on the roof of the world foreign devils on the silk road and quest for kim.
A staff writer for the times of london for nineteen years five as its chief reporter he is a middle and far east specialist.
His works have been translated into many languages.
A staff writer for the times of london for nineteen years five as its chief reporter he is a middle and far east specialist.
Hopkirk gives an overview of the various people and the story of how each tried and failed to reach this hidden city.
The plot to bring down the british empire trespassers on the roof of the world the race for lhasa and two other books.
The race for lhasa and two other books.
Peter hopkirk is the author of like hidden fire.
Peter hopkirk is the author of like hidden fire.
Trespassers on the roof of the world covers all the attempts by westerners to enter tibet and be the first to clap eyes on lhasa.
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Review of trespassers on the roof of the world by peter hopkirk posted on 11 16 2011 by rhapsodyinbooks this little book on the history of the infiltration of tibet by the west is quite fascinating.
Peter hopkirk is the author of like hidden fire.
Trespassers on the roof of the world.
The secret exploration of tibet kodansha globe.
In trespassers on the roof of the world peter hopkirk transports you to the skeleton strewn paths in the frigid oxygen deprived mountains and exposes you to the vertical mountain passes starvation and marauding bandits in the worlds highest deserts.
Trespassers on the roof of the world tells the stories of the british french and russian attempts to reach the mysterious capital of tibet lhasa during the 1800 s.
The race for lhasa and two other books.
Mt everest the yeti shangri la the tibetan blue bear flying monks the highest altitude goldfields in the world and lhasa to name just a few of the legends around the forbidden kingdom.