“A scholar of Eastern religion and Tibetan language, David-Neel was indisputably a fearless traveler, a rogue’s rogue who, in 1923, disguised as an illiterate pilgrim, became the first Western woman to reach Tibet’s forbidden city. Her account has the power to awe even today.” - Outside magazine
“David-Neel was indisputably a fearless traveler, a rogue’s rogue. Her account has the power to awe even today.” - Outside magazine
“My Journey to Lhasa . . . involves us intensely. . . . [David-Neel’s] descriptions of the landscape are fervent and her understanding of the Tibetans admirably unsentimental. Her Tibet is not at all the philosophers’ kingdom of Lost Horizon; it is a fierce, filthy, frequently dangerous place, where she had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive.” - New York Times Book Review
“David-Neel was indisputably a fearless traveler, a rogue’s rogue who, in 1923, disguised as an illiterate pilgrim, became the first Western woman to reach Tibet’s forbidden city. Her account has the power to awe even today.” - Outside
“Frenchwoman Alexandra David-Neel was exceptional.” - The Dalai Lama
“My Journey to Lhasa . . . involves us intensely in a world that no longer exists-that of free Tibet. . . . [David-Neel’s] descriptions of the landscape are fervent and her understanding of the Tibetans admirably unsentimental. Her Tibet is not at all the philosophers’ kingdom of Lost Horizon; it is a fierce . . . frequently dangerous place, where she had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive.” - New York Times Book Review
“The sort of thriller yarn that keeps you up all night and is too soon over.” - Ms. magazine
“As a traveler, she has performed a brilliant feat.” - New Statesman
“Fascinating…. A striking portrait of the Tibetan people and their culture, as seem by a most remarkable woman.” - Good Books for the Curious Reader
“In 1923, at the age of fifty-five, the author disguised herself as a pilgrim and made her way to Tibet’s forbidden city of Lhasa. This is a lively account of her journey and a classic portrait of Tibet, its region, and its people.” - Bloomsbury Review