Himalaya

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The first major history of the Himalaya - an epic story of peoples, cultures and the world's highest mountains

'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' Telegraph

This is the first major history of the Himalaya- an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among 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.

'Magisterial' The Times

'His observations are sharp...his writing glows' New York Review of Books

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781784704483
Published: July 2021

Number of pages: 592
Width: 128 mm
Height: 196 mm
Depth: 44 mm

Publisher: Vintage Publishing