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Teltscher, K: The High Road to China

By Kate Teltscher

Teltscher, K: The High Road to China Social Sciences

Teltscher, K: The High Road to China

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_______________ 'Splendid and fascinating ... Teltscher has made remarkable use of her source material, aided by the constantly perceptive and witty tone of Bogle's own writings' - Patrick French, Sunday Times 'It is hard to imagine this fascinating story being told with greater sensitivity or skill' - Sunday Telegraph 'Teltscher is a remarkable new historian ... wholly original' - William Dalrymple 'Thrilling and fascinating ... Letters, journals and documents are woven into the flowing narrative, which is wonderfully vivid and evocative' - Jenny Uglow _______________ An unlikely meeting between a young Scotsman and the Panchen Lama gives birth to a remarkable friendship In 1774 British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet. Bogle became smitten by what he saw there, and struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama. This gripping book tells the story of their two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the world: Bogle's mission, and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China, on which British hopes were hung. Piecing together extracts from Bogle's private papers, Tibetan biographies of the Panchen Lama, the account of a wandering Hindu monk and the writings of the Emperor himself, Kate Teltscher deftly reconstructs the momentous meeting of these very different worlds.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2007-08-01
Publication Date:
2007-08
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0747585474
ISBN13:
9780747585473
Weight:
285 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
204 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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