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Seven Years in Tibet
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Heinrich Harrer, already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time, was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe. He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping and fled to Tibet. Settling in Lhasa, the Forbidden City, where he became a friend and tutor to the Dalai Lama, Heinrich Harrer spent seven years gaining a more profound understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans than any Westerner before him.
Seven Years in Tibet was translated into 53 languages, became a best seller in the United States in 1954, and sold three million copies.
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- Pablo B.
- 2022-10-03
i loved this book
i finished listening to book so easily, I was trapped by the struggle, the story and detail of the expedition and hardship, adventure after all.
I first watched the movie years ago, but the book as usual is far more detailed and better than the movie. Sometimes too much detail for my liking, but nonetheless relevant.
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