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Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains - Shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award (Paperback, Paperback Original)
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Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains - Shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award (Paperback, Paperback Original)
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Discovery Miles 2 320
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**SHORTLISTED FOR ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2018 EDWARD
STANFORD AWARD** A thrilling and dangerous adventure through
Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored places. 'A
fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna
Lumley 'With tremendous verve and determination Antonia plunges
through an extraordinary world. Thank heavens she survived to tell
this vivid and thoughtful tale' Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's
Travels 'A tale of delight and exuberance - and one I'd thoroughly
recommend. Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion -
compassionate, spirited and with a sharp eye for human oddity'
Benedict Allen, author of Edge of Blue Heaven and Into the Abyss 'A
transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page'
Alastair Humphreys, author of The Boy Who Biked the World and
Microadventures 'Remote, mountainous and forbidding, here shamans
still fly through the night, hidden valleys conceal portals to
other worlds, yetis leave footprints in the snow, spirits and
demons abound, and the gods are appeased by the blood of sacrificed
beasts' A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern
corner of India, Arunachal Pradesh - meaning 'land of the dawn-lit
mountains' - has remained uniquely isolated. Steeped in myth and
mystery, not since pith-helmeted explorers went in search of the
fabled 'Falls of the Brahmaputra' has an outsider dared to traverse
it. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent sets out to chronicle this forgotten
corner of Asia. Travelling some 2,000 miles she encounters shamans,
lamas, hunters, opium farmers, fantastic tribal festivals and
little-known stories from the Second World War. In the process, she
discovers a world and a way of living that are on the cusp of
changing forever. 'A beautifully written, exciting and revealing
book that harks back to a golden age of travel writing' Lois Pryce,
author of Revolutionary Ride
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