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Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom

hardcover – August 1, 2017
by Duff, Andrew
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ISBN-13: 9781780272863 ISBN-10: 1780272863
Publisher
Birlinn
Binding
hardcover
Published
August 1, 2017
Weight
1.8 lbs
Dimensions
21.60×3.80×13.30 cm

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Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom by Duff, Andrew. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781780272863.

Sikkim, a tiny Buddhist kingdom sandwiched between India and China, survived the withdrawal of the British Empire and the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Then, in 1975, it was quietly annexed by India, bringing its 300-year-old dynasty to an end. Drawing on interviews and archive material, and retracing a 1922 journey by the authors grandfather, this book tells the remarkable story of this forgotten Shangri-La, its last king and his American wife, and the global power struggles that spelled its doom.