Intriguing India: The Alluring North - Couverture souple

Gantzer, Hugh; Gantzer, Colleen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 8192091279 ISBN 13 : 9788192091273

Editeur : Niyogi Books, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

What is the origin of the fear that a monster lies beneath the surface of the high, blue, lake of Pangong Tso? Who was the Englishman who carved out his own kingdom in the Himalayas? What gourmet dish was created by a ruler to feed his famished subjects? What is the epic tale of the white shrine where the weapons of a martial saint are revered? This is not a travelogue, or a guide book, or even a retelling of ancient folklore. It is, however, a little bit of all three. It is a conversation with two well informed people who have travelled, and questioned, and analysed. They are convinced that every legend, every custom has grown out of a hard core of fact, a historical event whose impact was so great that it was branded into the racial memory of the community. It then became encased in multiple layers of myth. In The Alluring North, Hugh and Colleen Gantzer uncover many fascinating gems of other, enduring, realities that glitter within our Intriguing India . This is the first of 4 books of peerless travel writing by the same authors covering the entire country.

Biographie de l'auteur

first travel column carried in all editions of a national daily on the editorial page. They hosted fifty-two weekly episodes of India s first nation-wide TV travel show, wrote the first travel scripts for dot.coms, won national and international awards, toured India and the world as guests of eager tourism organisations. They have, possibly, visited, photographed and written about more places in India than anyone else in the long history of this land.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Niyogi Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8192091279
• ISBN 13: 9788192091273
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible