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The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
Publication date
August 21, 2006
Pages
336
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Ill
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780747584841
ISBN-10
0747584842
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.55 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$35.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Tells the story of the British attempt to reach the Qianlong Emperor's ear, a narrative of 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.
Editions
Hardcover
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (February 6, 2007)
9780374217006 | details & prices | 316 pages | 6.25 × 7.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.38 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Recounts the story of the late-eighteenth-century British attempt to obtain commercial access to China, detailing the expedition of British envoy George Bogle, who sought an opening through the Tibetan Panchen Lama.
About: Recounts the story of the late-eighteenth-century British attempt to obtain commercial access to China, detailing the expedition of British envoy George Bogle, who sought an opening through the Tibetan Panchen Lama.
The price comparison is for this edition
Ill edition from Bloomsbury Pub Ltd (August 21, 2006); titled "The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama and the First British Expedition to Tibet"
9780747584841 | details & prices | 336 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $35.00
About: Tells the story of the British attempt to reach the Qianlong Emperor's ear, a narrative of 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.
About: Tells the story of the British attempt to reach the Qianlong Emperor's ear, a narrative of 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.
Paperback
from Northwestern Univ Pr (June 18, 2008)
9780810124950 | details & prices | 316 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $18.95
About: Touching, humorous, and illuminating, this travelogue takes readers back in time to a remarkable, world-shaping moment.
About: Touching, humorous, and illuminating, this travelogue takes readers back in time to a remarkable, world-shaping moment.
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