The Rose of Tibet [Paperback]

Lionel Davidson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

Seeking his lost brother in the Himalayas, Londoner Charles Houston finds more than he had bargained for when he is drawn into a bizarre religious ritual with a mysterious woman at his side. Reprint. NYT.

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About the Author

Lionel Davidson was born in 1922 in Hull, Yorkshire. He left school early and worked as a reporter before serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. His first novel, The Night of Wenceslas, was published in 1960 to great critical acclaim and drew comparisons to Graham Greene and John le Carre. It was followed by The Rose of Tibet (1962), A Long Way to Shiloh (1966) and The Chelsea Murders (1978). He has thrice been the recipient of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and, in 2001, was awarded the CWA's Cartier Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement award. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312958331
• ISBN-13: 978-0312958336
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,167,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is one of the best I have ever read., November 25, 1997

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[e-mail] (Kent, Wa.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rose of Tibet (Paperback)

I was sad to see only there were only two reviews of this very good book. I have reccomended this book to many freinds and they all agree that it is one of the best novels they read as well. A real page turner and well written - one of my freinds said it qualifies as "liturature." I agree. So if you happen on this remote corner of Amazon.com consider this selection, you won't be disappointed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best adventure fiction of modern times!, November 25, 1996

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This review is from: The Rose of Tibet (Paperback)

Although this is a fantastic tale, much from it is echoed by current events, from the Tibetan persecutions to the ongoing struggles of modern Himalayan climbers. This gripping adventure story is set amidst the quite real Chinese suppression of Tibet, although it evokes many parallels with Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King". I only wish John Huston was still around to direct this book as a film, and Sean Connery young enough to play the lead; Kipling would be rightly envious - this book is better! I like most of Davidson's books, but the only one that's on a par with this is "Smith's Gazelle." His political thrillers are quite enjoyable, but not up the the level of LeCarre or Trevanian.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aaaaah . . . the grand old adventure story returns . . ., May 18, 2000

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Chris Leggette - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rose of Tibet (Paperback)

Yes, I've longed for the far-off, edge-of-the-world, seat-of-your-pants distraction where, in this instance at least, the hero is a Hitchcock-like average Joe from England (where ALL great adventures get underway) who sets out to unearth the whereabouts of his brother; he travels to Tibet; it is 1950, the Red Chinese are massing on the Eastern borders and the Tibetans are not Heinrich Harrar's (of "Seven Years in Tibet" notoriety) chubby, moon-faced brothers of the high hills -- hey! the book is a barn stormer and refreshing after so much of today's overthought, underwrought fictions of mass distraction.