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Lionel Davidson - The Rose of Tibet (2nd Hand Paperback)

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Synopsis

Hugh Whittington has gone missing - reported dead while filming near Mount Everest.

Determined to find him, his brother Charles embarks on a perilous and illegal journey from India into the forbidden land of Tibet, all the way to the monastery of Yamdring.

There awaits a woman with a deadly and ghostly secret, an emerald treasure to guard and the invading Chinese Red Army.

The Rose of Tibet (1962) is Lionel Davidson's second novel. His extraordinary and thrilling tale of a haunted land is among the very finest of its kind and prompted Graham Greene to remark: 'I hadn't realised how much I had missed the genuine adventure story until I read The Rose of Tibet.'

Its combination of adventure and travelogue is further proof of Davidson's great variety as a writer, and caused Daphne du Maurier to say: 'It has all the excitement of King Solomon's Mines.'

With an introduction by Anthony Horowitz.

Details
  • Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
  • Condition : As New
  • Category : Fiction - Action, Adventure & Western
  • Published : 1962 (This Edition 2016 - Faber & Faber)
  • ISBN : 9780571326822
  • SKU : B001854
  • PPC : SP300gm
  • RRP : £8.99
  • Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews

'I hadn't realised how much I had missed the genuine adventure story until I read The Rose of Tibet.' - Graham Greene.

'Thrilling . . . a perilous journey across Tibet in search of a missing brother.' - Jake Kerridge, The Telegraph.

'I devoured it.' - Anthony Horowitz.

The Author
Lionel Davidson was born in 1922 in Hull, Yorkshire. He left school early and worked as a reporter before serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. His first novel, The Night of Wenceslas, was published in 1960 to great critical acclaim and drew comparisons to Graham Greene and John le Carré.

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