My Journey to Lhasa (illustrated ed. 1983) [= Voyage d’une Parisienne à Lhassa (1927)]

Originally published in 1927, My Journey to Lhasa is a powerful, entertaining record of danger and achievement that has become one of the most remarkable and inspirational of all travelers’ tales. Disguised as a beggar, Alexandra David-Neel tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate, suffered primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present danger of border control, and the military to become the first woman to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa—and the first Western woman to have been received by any Dalai Lama. Madame Alexandra David-neel When She Was Living As A Hermit In Thibet -- Thibetan Traders From Lhasa, The Wives Of Two Of Them Being Natives Of The Northern Provinces. Alexandra David-neel ; With A New Introduction By Peter Hopkirk ; Photographs Taken By The Author. Translation Of: Voyage D'une Parisienne à Lhassa. Reprint. Originally Published: New York : Harper And Brothers, 1927.