{"product_id":"9780571300440","title":"The Dream of Lhasa: The Life of Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-1888), Explorer of Central Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great Russian explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-1888) made an indelible contribution to the world's atlases, and its store of zoological and botanical knowledge, as a consequence of his four arduous and dangerous expeditions through the Central Asia of Western Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan and Northern Tibet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Rayfield's biography of Przhevalsky - first published in 1976 and drawing on the exporer's diaries, letters, and published works - tells the thrilling story of the explorer's groundbreaking journeys, undertaken in an age of extreme political sensitivity between Russia, China and Britain. A rich portrait emerges of an extraordinary Byronic character who was ill-suited to civilisation but much at home with the loneliness and hardship of the nomadic life. A rigorous army officer and a phenomenal shot, gifted also with a photographic memory, Przhevalsky became one of the most widely-admired men in Russia, and Rayfield adroitly explores the grounds of his reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114391388400,"sku":"9780571300440","price":23.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571300440_p0.jpg?v=1763718961","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571300440","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}