This littleknown gem by the doyenne of women travellers in the Far Eastdescribes a journey on horseback through the Himalayas and into Tibet whereshe spent four... » 

This littleknown gem by the doyenne of women travellers in the Far Eastdescribes a journey on horseback through the Himalayas and into Tibet whereshe spent four months. Taking to the Tibetans whom she found the pleasantestof people Birds is a delightful account of a land of beauty and mysteryencircled by high mountains of vermilion and purple. Among the most strikingpassages are those that describe the religion of Tibet which permeated thevery atmosphere with a singular sense of the strange and otherworldly. Birdvisited palaces temples and monasteries and her descriptions of theceremonies decorations costumes and music capture a world that is now lostto us. «