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This adventure story is also the biography of Heinrich Harrer,
already a famous mountaineer and Olympic ski champion when he was
caught by the outbreak of the World War II while climbing in the
Himalayas.;Being an Austrian he was interned in India but succeeded
in escaping into Tibet. After a series of experiences in a country
never before crossed by a Westerner he reached the forbidden city
of Lhasa. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and
acquired an understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans.;He became the
friend and tutor of the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied
him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese
invasion.;As a mountaineer Heinrich Harrer was a member of the
party which successfully ascended the North Wall of the Eiger in
1938.
Mary's own story is here revealed and given value in its own right,
not merely as 'the wife of ...' or 'the mother of ...'. This
remarkable woman deserves her own place in history. Mary Clegg was
a spirited young woman from a liberal, non-conformist background in
the East Midlands, the daughter of a head teacher and pioneering
educationalist. He believed not just in the value of a broad
education, but also in the importance of a stimulating learning
environment. When Mary married one of her father's former teaching
staff, effectively relinquishing the chance of an independent
career for herself, she focused on supporting her husband's career
and nurturing her three sons. However, Mary's innate vitality could
not be constrained by 'domestic tasks' alone. As war loomed again
during the 1930s Mary's humanitarian instincts were given full rein
as she quite literally rescued and saved young lives, innocent
victims of warped political ideologies in Europe.
Follows the religious and romantic adventures of its hero, a young
Oxford man, who, living in retirement with his mother in the
country, decides to become an evangelist, although mainly from the
lack of any other more interesting occupation.
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The Dying Lesson (Paperback)
Chelsea Cook, Lannie Johnston; Illustrated by Richard Graves
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R216
Discovery Miles 2 160
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