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  • My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills

    by Sir James Johnstone ...
    "My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills" by Sir James Johnstone is a captivating account of the author's adventures in the northeastern region of India. Johnstone, a British officer, provides a detailed narrative of his travels through the lush landscapes and diverse cultures of Manipur and the Naga Hills. His observations on the local customs, traditions, and the political dynamics of the ... Read more

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  • Seven Years in Tibet

    by Heinrich Harrer ...
    Translated by Richard Graves ...
    A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.Heinrich Harrer, already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time, was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe. He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping and fled to Tibet. Settling ... Read more

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  • Trespassers on the Roof of the World

    The Race for Lhasa

    by Peter Hopkirk ...
    No other land has captured man's imagination quite like Tibet. Hidden away behind the highest mountains on earth, and ruled over by a mysterious God-king, it was for centuries a land forbidden to all outsiders.In this remarkable and ultimately tragic narrative, Peter Hopkirk recounts the forcible opening up of this medieval Buddhist kingdom by inquisitive Western travellers during the nineteenth ... Read more

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  • A Mountain In Tibet

    The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of Asia

    by Charles Allen ...
    Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this legend to Western Tibet where there stands Kailas, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike as the home of their gods and the navel of the world. Close by are the sources of four mighty rivers: the sacred Ganges, the Indus, the Sutlej and Tsangpo ... Read more

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  • The Indian Mutiny of 1857

    by George Malleson ...
    The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company, that ran from May 1857 to July 1859. The rebellion began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the cantonment of the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with ... Read more

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  • Duel in the Snows

    by Charles Allen ...
    In December 1903 a British army marched over the Himalayas to counter a non-existent Russian threat and was confronted by a medieval Tibetan army ordered to stop it by non-violent means. It was a clash between the mightiest political power in the world and the weakest.Leading the mission was the charismatic Francis Younghusband. Commanding the army escort was an officer determined to do things by ... Read more

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  • India and Tibet

    by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband ...
    It is an interesting reflection for those to make who think that we must necessarily have been the aggressive party, that the far-distant primary cause of all our attempts at intercourse with the Tibetans was an act of aggression, not on our part, not on the part of an ambitious Pro-consul, or some headstrong frontier officer, but of the Bhutanese, neighbours, and then vassals, of the Tibetans, ... Read more

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  • Indian Mutiny and Beyond

    Robert Shebbeare VC

    by Arthur Littlewood ...
    "Robert Shebbeare went out as a cadet to India at the age of seventeen and after a spell of ordinary regimental duties, he was caught up in the extraordinary and bloody events of the Indian Mutiny.With fellow officers he managed to escape to Delhi, where he was attached to the Guides, and he took part in most of the action during the long hot summer of 1857. He was wounded six times and was ... Read more

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  • History Of The Indian Mutiny Of 1857-8 – Vol. V [Illustrated Edition]

    by Colonel George Bruce Malleson ...
    Series series History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8
    [Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles of the Indian Mutiny]By 1857, British power in India had been largely undisputed for almost fifty years, however, the armies of the East India Company were largely recruited from the native people of India. This inherent weakness would be exposed during the events of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-1858, as the Sepoy soldiers ... Read more

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  • A History Of The British Army – Vol. XI – (1815-1838)

    by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue ...
    Series series A History of the British Army
    Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life's work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar has attempted to cover such a large and diverse subject in its entirety; but Sir John did so and with ... Read more

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  • History Of The Indian Mutiny Of 1857-8 – Vol. III [Illustrated Edition]

    by Colonel George Bruce Malleson ...
    Series series History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8
    [Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles of the Indian Mutiny]By 1857, British power in India had been largely undisputed for almost fifty years, however, the armies of the East India Company were largely recruited from the native people of India. This inherent weakness would be exposed during the events of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-1858, as the Sepoy soldiers ... Read more

    $2.78 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • To Lhasa In Disguise

    by William Montgomery Mcgovern ...
    First published in 2004. A secret traveller to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the author of this unusual volume was forced to live, dress and behave as a Tibetan in order to remain undetected. Because of his unique perspective, he is able to provide an excellent description of the diplomatic, political, military and industrial situation of the country in the 1920s. His account of life in the ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD