Product Description
Himalaya
Author(s): Ed Douglas
Format: Paperback
A Human History
Empires, explorers and sacred summits - an epic story of the roof of the world.
In Himalaya, award-winning writer and climber Ed Douglas traces the intertwined histories of the mountains and their people. From Buddhist pilgrims and imperial explorers to mountaineers and freedom fighters, he reveals how these peaks have shaped spirituality, science and geopolitics for millennia.
Drawing on years of travel and meticulous research, Douglas combines geography, biography and adventure into a sweeping narrative of conflict, resilience and wonder across the most dramatic landscape on Earth.
'Magnificent... unlikely to be surpassed' Telegraph
'A magisterial account of the complex human history of the Himalaya' The Times
About the Author
Ed Douglas is a prize-winning writer about mountains whose books include Himalaya: A Human History, which was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, Kinder Scout: The People's Mountain and a biography of Tenzing Norgay. He won the Boardman Tasker Award for mountain literature in 2010. He has been a climber for forty-five years and was for a decade the editor of mountaineering’s oldest publication, the Alpine Journal. He lives in Sheffield.
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