The Rose of Tibet
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
The Rose of Tibet
By (Author) Lionel Davidson
Introduction by Anthony Horowitz
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
24th February 2016
3rd March 2016
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
384
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 24mm
301g
Description
A filmmaker is reported dead near Mount Everest. His brother, Charles Houston, is convinced he's alive and is determined to find him. It's a dangerous expedition. He travels from India to the forbidden land of Tibet. In the Yamdring monastery, he discovers an emerald treasure guarded by a woman with a deadly secret. But the Chinese army is coming.
Author Bio
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 the Second World War. 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), The Chelsea Murders (1978) and Kolymsky Heights (1994). He was thrice the recipient of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and, in 2001, was awarded the CWA's Cartier Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement award. He died in 2009.
