Alexandra David-Neel
Portrait of an Adventurer
$37.78
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
25 September 1989
Summary
This unique biography explores the inner journey of a woman whose outer life was a thrilling story of passion and adventure. Alexandra David-Neel (1868–1969), born in Paris to a socially prominent family, once boasted, “I learned to run before I could walk!” In the course of a lifetime of more than one hundred years, she was an acclaimed operatic soprano, a political anarchist, a religious reformer, an intrepid explorer who traveled in Tibet for fourteen years, a scholar of Buddhism, and the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780877734130 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0877734135 |
| Author: | Ruth Middleton |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 25 September 1989 |
| Weight: | 302g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
Ruth Middleton
Ruth Middleton is a sculptor and writer who divides her time between France and the United States. This biography is based on her study of the private, unpublished correspondence, documents, manuscripts, and photographs preserved in the Archives of the Alexandra David-Neel Foundation in Digne, France.
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