My Journey to Lhasa Author:Alexandra David-Neel The memoirs of a stout 55-year-old Frenchwoman who trekked in disguise for four months to become the first Western woman to reach Lhasa.
The author is Alexandra David-Neel - a woman (not David David-Neel). This amazing woman trekked to Lhasa at the age of 55, disguised as a man, in 1923, when when entry to Lhasa was forbidden to Europeans.