Seven Years in Tibet (Paperback)

from NewsieQ

During World War II, the author, a German citizen, was a British prisoner of war, held in India. Although he was treated well at the POW camp, he longed to find his way to Tibet ... a boyhood dream to penetrate the forbidding mountain area and making his way to The Forbidden City, the capital of ...

from zasmine

By Far,the best travel Book I've read

from crmass

Instead of reviewing this book, I would like to point out that the 1997 movie of the same name bares little resemblance to this great novel. I found it very frustrating to watch. You have a love interest inserted into the story (pointlessly), large portions of the book that were left out (not a h...

from crmass

Instead of reviewing this book, I would like to point out that the 1997 movie of the same name bares little resemblance to this great novel. I found it very frustrating to watch. You have a love interest inserted into the story (pointlessly), large portions of the book that were left out (not a h...

from ngennaro

Good book, I would not rate it as a one of the "few great travel stories" but its a good memoir of Heinrich's adventure into Tibet. Ok book, little bit wandering but overall and interesting look at Tibet.