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The Rose of Tibet (1962) was Lionel Davidson's second novel, an extraordinary and thrilling tale of a haunted land which 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 serves further proof of Davidson's great variety as a writer. Daphne du Maurier thought it offered 'all the excitement of King Solomon's Mines.' 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.
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The rose of Tibet, Lionel Davidson
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- Released
- 1979
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- Title
- The rose of Tibet
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lionel Davidson
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 1979
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN10
- 0194242145
- ISBN13
- 9780194242141
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Thriller, China, Tibet, Expeditions and Voyages, Himalayas, Occupation of Tibet
- First published
- 1962
- Original title
- The Rose of Tibet
- Rating
- 3.4 out of 5
- Description
- The Rose of Tibet (1962) was Lionel Davidson's second novel, an extraordinary and thrilling tale of a haunted land which 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 serves further proof of Davidson's great variety as a writer. Daphne du Maurier thought it offered 'all the excitement of King Solomon's Mines.' 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.