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Author Green, Jonathan.

Title Murder in the high Himalaya : loyalty, tragedy, and escape from Tibet / Jonathan Green.

Publication Info. New York : Public Affairs, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  323.044 GREEN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  323.044 GR    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xv, 272 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Songs to the Precious One -- Sacred vows -- Forged by mountains -- Escape -- Forbidden kingdom -- Lhasa -- Turquoise Goddess -- Snakeheads -- City on the mountain -- The insider pass -- Murder of ravens -- Bardo: the in-between state -- A dark secret -- Captured by the Wujing -- The responsibility of enlightenment -- A lie uncovered -- Kundun -- Determination -- The razor's edge -- The restless Himalaya -- The price of freedom.
Summary A journalist investigates a cold-blooded murder at a Mt. Everest base camp in Chinese-occupied Tibet, a probe during which he learns about the lawless world in the shadows of the world's tallest peaks.
Subject Human rights -- China -- Tibet -- Case studies.
Civil rights -- China -- Tibet -- Case studies.
Freedom of religion -- China -- Tibet -- Case studies.
Murder -- China -- Tibet -- Case studies.
Refugees -- Crimes against -- China -- Tibet.
ISBN 9781586487140 hardcover
1586487140 hardcover
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