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Forbidden Journey: The Life of Alexandra David-Neel
Forbidden Journey The Life of Alexandra DavidNeel
Author: Barbara Foster, Michael Foster
Explorer, feminist and an authority on Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan tantrism, Paris-born Louise Eugenie Alexandrine Marie David (1868-1969) was the author of 30 books on anthropology, geography, history, orientalism and philology all, like her life, crammed with adventure. Nearing middle age and retired as an opera singer, she became the mist...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780062503459
ISBN-10: 0062503456
Publication Date: 11/1987
Pages: 363
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Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Gives good background info on the politics leading up to the time of Alexandra's travels, and really sheds light on the person she was and just how unusual her travels were for the time.


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