عنوان

First Russia, then Tibet :travels through a changing world /

(Number (ISBN

1848854242

(Number (ISBN

9781848854246 (pbk.)

Number

GBB192766

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

لاتين

Country of publication

e-ur---

First Statement of Responsibility

Robert Byron.

Title Proper by Another Author

1905-1941.

Title Proper

First Russia, then Tibet :travels through a changing world /

Edition Statement

New ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Tauris Parke,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2011.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

253 p. ;20 cm.

Text of Note

osrev. T.p. dtL."-- oC. & nallimcaM yb 1933 ni dehsilbup tsriF "

Text of Note

مرجع به حساب نمي آيد

Text of Note

Includes bibliographic references.

Text of Note

"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, Stalin's dictatorship was in its infancy and the Great Terror was yet to begin. Having taken the first commercial flight to India, which took a week, 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. Blending classic travel writing with passionate observations on the deeper political and social issues of the time, Byron writes with uncanny prescience of the eventual horrors of the Soviet Union and the downfall of the Raj."--Back cover.

Entry Element

Soviet Union--Description and travel

Entry Element

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Description and travel

Entry Element

China.

Entry Element

Indien.

Entry Element

Tibet.

Class number

Entry Element

مولف

Relator Code

Byron, Robert,