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Collins, 1974. hard cover + DJ. Ex library copy with usual stamps and bar code, in VG dustjacket with protective covering. The story of Lobsang Thondup, a Manchurian who assumed a Tibetan name and made the arduous journey to Tibet, his love affair with a 22 year old girl believed to be Tibet's only "Living Buddha", his imprisonment, escape from prison and into the little kingdom of Bhutan. A book which reveals what Tibet was really like in the twilight of its independence, and why India guards her Himalayan borders so jealously.