First Russia, Then Tibet [Illustrated Edition]

Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Russia & Former Soviet Republics, History, Asian, Russia, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Robert Byron ISBN: 9781787202306
Publisher: Normanby Press Publication: October 27, 2016
Imprint: Normanby Press Language: English
Author: Robert Byron
ISBN: 9781787202306
Publisher: Normanby Press
Publication: October 27, 2016
Imprint: Normanby Press
Language: English

Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change.

In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Lenin had just died, Stalin’s dictatorship was in its infancy and the Great Terror had yet to begin. Having taken the first commercial flight to India, which took an astounding seven days, Byron was thrown into the tumultuous last years of the British Raj. Gandhi was imprisoned, while rioting and clashes between Hindus and Muslims had become commonplace. Finally Byron entered Tibet, the forbidden country. Exploring “The Land of Snows”, he saw Tibet as it was when the then Dalai Lama was still ensconced in the Potala Palace, twenty years before China’s invasion.

First Russia, Then Tibet is an invaluable first-hand account of transformative moments in periods of change and upheaval.-Print ed.

Richly illustrated throughout.

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Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change.

In Russia, which was stricken by famine, Lenin had just died, Stalin’s dictatorship was in its infancy and the Great Terror had yet to begin. Having taken the first commercial flight to India, which took an astounding seven days, Byron was thrown into the tumultuous last years of the British Raj. Gandhi was imprisoned, while rioting and clashes between Hindus and Muslims had become commonplace. Finally Byron entered Tibet, the forbidden country. Exploring “The Land of Snows”, he saw Tibet as it was when the then Dalai Lama was still ensconced in the Potala Palace, twenty years before China’s invasion.

First Russia, Then Tibet is an invaluable first-hand account of transformative moments in periods of change and upheaval.-Print ed.

Richly illustrated throughout.

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