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My Journey to Lhasa : The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City
My Journey to Lhasa The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City Author:Alexandra David-Neel In 1923 a stout fifty-five-year-old Frenchwoman named Madame Alexandra David-Neel, a former opera singer and a dedicated student of the East, disguised herself as a male pilgrim and ascended to the ancient Tibetan city of Lhasa. Her classic account of her adventure -- one of the "epic journeys of our time" (Times Literary Supplement) --... more » was first published in 1927.« less