{"product_id":"himalaya-a-human-history","title":"Himalaya: A Human History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas, Ed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e VINTAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 15-07-2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 40477991\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e 'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAn epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains: here Jesuit missionaries exchanged technologies with Tibetan Lamas, Mongol Khans employed Nepali craftsmen, Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with Mughals.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFeaturing scholars and tyrants, bandits and CIA agents, go-betweens and revolutionaries, Himalaya is a panoramic, character-driven history on the grandest but also the most human scale, by far the most comprehensive yet written, encompassing geology and genetics, botany and art, and bursting with stories of courage and resourcefulness.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Magisterial' The Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'His observations are sharp...his writing glows' New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784704483\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.9 x 5.2 x 2.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VINTAGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51224721817904,"sku":"PrakashBooks_9781784704483","price":600.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/91beNkHR9IL.jpg?v=1774543177","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/himalaya-a-human-history","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}