In the Forbidden Land

The explorer A. H. Savage Landor recounts his daring and disastrous attempt to penetrate the forbidden, sacred land of Tibet in disguise—an expedition that ended in his capture, torture, and dramatic survival. Written with vivid, sometimes harrowing detail, the narrative captures the perils of nineteenth-century exploration and the mystery that surrounded the closed Himalayan kingdom. Controversial and thrilling in its day, it fed the Western fascination with Tibet and the Roof of the World. A gripping true adventure of endurance and obsession at the edges of the mapped earth.