Seven Years in Tibet

Paladin Books, London, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Third impression of the First Edition. Size: Small Octavo. 288 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Edges browned slightly. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In the story, Austrians Heinrich Harrer and Peter Aufschnaiter are mountaineering in British India in an area that is now Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. When World War II begins in 1939, their German citizenship results in their imprisonment by the British in a POW camp in Dehradun in the Himalayan foothills, in the present-day Indian state of Uttarakhand. In 1944, Harrer and Aufschnaiter escape the prison, and cross the border into Tibet, traversing the treacherous high plateau. While in Tibet, after initially being ordered to return to India, they are welcomed at the holy city of Lhasa, and become absorbed into an unfamiliar way of life. Harrer is introduced to the 14th Dalai Lama, who is still a boy, and becomes one of his tutors. During their time together, Heinrich becomes a close friend to the young spiritual leader. Harrer and Aufschnaiter stay in the country until the Chinese military campaign in 1950. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Tibet; ISBN: 0586087079. ISBN/EAN: 9780586087077. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10333. . 9780586087077