{"product_id":"the-high-road-to-china","title":"Kate Teltscher: The High Road to China [2007] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Splendid and fascinating ... Teltscher has made remarkable use of her source material, aided by the constantly perceptive and witty tone of Bogle's own writings'\u003c\/b\u003e - Patrick French, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is hard to imagine this fascinating story being told with greater sensitivity or skill'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Teltscher is a remarkable new historian ... wholly original' \u003c\/b\u003e- William Dalrymple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thrilling and fascinating ... Letters, journals and documents are woven into the flowing narrative, which is wonderfully vivid and evocative' \u003c\/b\u003e- Jenny Uglow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unlikely meeting between a young Scotsman and the Panchen Lama gives birth to a remarkable friendship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1774 British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet. Bogle became smitten by what he saw there, and struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis gripping book tells the story of their two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the world: Bogle's mission, and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China, on which British hopes were hung. Piecing together extracts from Bogle's private papers, Tibetan biographies of the Panchen Lama, the account of a wandering Hindu monk and the writings of the Emperor himself, Kate Teltscher deftly reconstructs the momentous meeting of these very different worlds.","brand":"Teltscher, Kate","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":47693900906835,"sku":"XE80747585473","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/teltscher-kate-the-high-road-to-china-xe80747585473-54526901977427.jpg?v=1728373092","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-high-road-to-china","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}