{"product_id":"himalaya-ed-douglas-9781784704483","title":"Himalaya","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first major history of the Himalaya - an epic story of peoples, cultures and the world's highest mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first major history of the Himalaya- an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing 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.\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'Magisterial' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'His observations are sharp...his writing glows' New York Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ed Douglas","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43173921980659,"sku":"9781784704483","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781784704483.jpg?v=1662061445","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/himalaya-ed-douglas-9781784704483","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}