Buy this book on-line Allen, Charles : The Prisoner of Kathmandu - Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-1843Haus, London, 2015 ISBN 9781910376119
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 288 pages. 34 colour plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Posted to Kathmandu in 1820 as a junior political officer, Brian Hodgson found himself isolated and trapped in a fiercely xenophobic mountain kingdom that seemed bent on making war on the all-powerful British East India Company. For 23 years he struggled to keep the two sides apart. His legacy survives in the lasting peace and friendship between Britan and Nepal. At the heart of this biography is the Orientalist movement driven by the European Enlightenment, which inspired Hodgson and others to devote themselves to the exploration of Asian culture, leading Hodgson to study Tibetan and Nepalese Buddhism, and much else besides. A1B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Allen, Charles : The Prisoner of Kathmandu - Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820-1843. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, libri rari, livres d'occasion, incunabula and libri antichi. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |