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Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains

Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
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      **SHORTLISTED FOR ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2018 EDWARD STANFORD AWARD** A thrilling and dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored places. 'A fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna Lumley  'With tremendous verve and determination Antonia plunges through an extraordinary world. Thank heavens she survived to tell this vivid and thoughtful tale' Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels  'A tale of delight and exuberance - and one I'd thoroughly recommend. Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion - compassionate, spirited and with a sharp eye for human oddity' Benedict Allen, author of Edge of Blue Heaven and Into the Abyss  'A transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page' Alastair Humphreys, author of The Boy Who Biked the World and Microadventures'Remote, mountainous and forbidding, here shamans still fly through the night, hidden valleys conceal portals to other worlds, yetis leave footprints in the snow, spirits and demons abound, and the gods are appeased by the blood of sacrificed beasts'  A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern corner of India, Arunachal Pradesh - meaning 'land of the dawn-lit mountains' - has remained uniquely isolated.  Steeped in myth and mystery, not since pith-helmeted explorers went in search of the fabled 'Falls of the Brahmaputra' has an outsider dared to traverse it. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent sets out to chronicle this forgotten corner of Asia. Travelling some 2,000 miles she encounters shamans, lamas, hunters, opium farmers, fantastic tribal festivals and little-known stories from the Second World War.  In the process, she discovers a world and a way of living that are on the cusp of changing forever. 'A beautifully written, exciting and revealing book that harks back to a golden age of travel writing' Lois Pryce, author of Revolutionary Ride   
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent EAN: 9781471156564 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 288 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Simon & Schuster Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-06-15 CITY: GENRE: TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

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      Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent is an established travel writer and public speaker with a particular love for embarking on difficult journeys through remote regions. Her previous books, Tuk-Tuk to the Road and A Short Ride in the Jungle were well received, and she has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows. She graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA in modern history, before crossing the Gobi Desert on a tuk-tuk and winning Cosmopolitan magazine’s Fun Fearless Female Award. She currently works as a BBC producer and, when not travelling or researching in the Royal Geographical Society archives, can be found in Bristol. Visit her at TheItinerant.co.uk.
      **SHORTLISTED FOR ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2018 EDWARD STANFORD AWARD** A thrilling and dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored places. 'A fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna Lumley  'With tremendous verve and determination Antonia plunges through an extraordinary world. Thank heavens she survived to tell this vivid and thoughtful tale' Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels  'A tale of delight and exuberance - and one I'd thoroughly recommend. Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion - compassionate, spirited and with a sharp eye for human oddity' Benedict Allen, author of Edge of Blue Heaven and Into the Abyss  'A transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page' Alastair Humphreys, author of The Boy Who Biked the World and Microadventures'Remote, mountainous and forbidding, here shamans still fly through the night, hidden valleys conceal portals to other worlds, yetis leave footprints in the snow, spirits and demons abound, and the gods are appeased by the blood of sacrificed beasts'  A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern corner of India, Arunachal Pradesh - meaning 'land of the dawn-lit mountains' - has remained uniquely isolated.  Steeped in myth and mystery, not since pith-helmeted explorers went in search of the fabled 'Falls of the Brahmaputra' has an outsider dared to traverse it. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent sets out to chronicle this forgotten corner of Asia. Travelling some 2,000 miles she encounters shamans, lamas, hunters, opium farmers, fantastic tribal festivals and little-known stories from the Second World War.  In the process, she discovers a world and a way of living that are on the cusp of changing forever. 'A beautifully written, exciting and revealing book that harks back to a golden age of travel writing' Lois Pryce, author of Revolutionary Ride   
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent EAN: 9781471156564 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 288 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Simon & Schuster Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-06-15 CITY: GENRE: TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

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      Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent is an established travel writer and public speaker with a particular love for embarking on difficult journeys through remote regions. Her previous books, Tuk-Tuk to the Road and A Short Ride in the Jungle were well received, and she has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows. She graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA in modern history, before crossing the Gobi Desert on a tuk-tuk and winning Cosmopolitan magazine’s Fun Fearless Female Award. She currently works as a BBC producer and, when not travelling or researching in the Royal Geographical Society archives, can be found in Bristol. Visit her at TheItinerant.co.uk.

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