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This is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.

Spanning millennia, from its earliest inhabitants to the present conflicts over Tibet and Everest, Himalaya is a soaring account of resilience and conquest, discovery and plunder, oppression and enlightenment at the ‘roof of the world’.

From all around the globe, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Himalaya has throughout the ages been home to an astonishing diversity of indigenous and local cultures, as well as a crossroads for trade, and a meeting point and conflict zone for the world’s superpowers. Here Jesuit missionaries exchanged technologies with Tibetan Lamas, Mongol Khans employed Nepali craftsmen, Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with Mughals. Here too the East India Company grappled for dominance with China’s emperors, independent India has been locked in conflict with Mao’s Communists and their successors, and the ideological confrontation of the Cold War is now being buried beneath mass tourism and ecological transformation.

Featuring scholars and tyrants, bandits and CIA agents, go-betweens and revolutionaries, Himalaya is a panoramic, character-driven history on the grandest but also the most human scale, by far the most comprehensive yet written, encompassing geology and genetics, botany and art, and bursting with stories of courage and resourcefulness.

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Bodley Head
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1 November 2020
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15.4 x 3.3 x 23.3 cm
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184792414X
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978-1847924148
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Magnificent ... a far-reaching, compendious and elegantly turned examination of a region and its peoples, this book is unlikely to be surpassed ― Telegraph

A panoramic history of the region ... Such a complex range of subjects is not easy to press into a coherent narrative ... Douglas ... does so with extraordinary aplomb ... rigorous and informative ... highly readable ... never lacking freshness and rich in compelling detail ― Literary Review

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Ed Douglas is an award-winning writer who has reported from the Himalaya for over twenty-five years, covering the Maoist insurgency in Nepal and the Tibetan occupation. The author of a dozen books, including a biography of Tenzing Norgay, he is also a climber with first ascents in the Himalaya, and edits the Alpine Journal. He lives in Sheffield.

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Publisher : Bodley Head (1 November 2020); Penguin Random House
Language : English
Paperback : 592 pages
ISBN-10 : 184792414X
ISBN-13 : 978-1847924148
Item Weight : 920 g
Dimensions : 15.4 x 3.3 x 23.3 cm
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John Copeland

A splendid scholarly book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2020

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A splendid scholarly book, full of information about the topographical development and the explorers, but for the general reader it is all very tiresome and tedious, having far too many details. I had to give up after 50 pages, but the the fault was with me, not having the necessary understanding. I had hoped there would have been more details of the people who lived in a very difficult climate - how the monks lived, for example, but there were no such detials. I obviously bought the wrong book.

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A. D. Lewis

Impressive scholarship

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2020

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If you are looking for a breezy travelogue to skip through this is not the book for you. It is a detailed, impressively researched work of huge merit. For those happy to go deeply into the history of the Himalaya, the history of those who have lived, loved, worshipped, rankled and traded there, this is a work that is richly absorbing and fascinating. Ed Douglas writes attractively and the whole work has a spirit of clarity and objectivity, rather than tendentious posturing or point scoring. A pleasing purchase, highly recommended.

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Mike

Excellent historical account of the Himalaya

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 November 2020

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The sweep and detail of this book are impressive, and must have involved a prodigious amount of research. It's a little dry at times, but if there's anything you wanted to know about the Himalaya region, its history and its people, then it's surely to be found here in this book.

There are a good many photographs of people associated with the Himalaya, but surprisingly few of the places and mountains themselves, almost to the extent that the Himalaya become the elephant in the room within their own story. One feels that either the author or the publishers wanted to avoid this appearing to be a coffee-table book. But this is a pity, and a lost opportunity. The cover has a stunning photo of the Tiger's Nest Temple in Bhutan, and a few more images like this in the book itself would have immensely improved its appeal and served to remind us why this extraordinary region has had such a unique hold on our imaginations throughout the centuries.

Possibly best regarded as a reference book rather than a cover-to-cover read, but highly recommended nonetheless.

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Malcolm

Well researched and vivid

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2021

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A compelling read; vast in scope and interest. A book long in the making and studiously written. Perhaps best read as a series of chapters rather than as a full text. Some minor concerns, some chapter titles needed better signposting and accuracy e.g. Chapter on 'Everest diplomacy' is only occasionally about Everest. Re page 419, details on Maurice Wilson might need amended in light of Ed Caesar's recent book on Wilson, see page 66 of this text in particular.

Minor points though - a towering achievement.

James A. Hicken

Prompt and clean

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2020

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Very prompt delivery. Well packed. Quality like new.

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