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Author | Heinrich Harrer |
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Original title | Sieben Jahre in Tibet. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama |
Genre | Travel literature |
Publisher | Rupert Hart-Davis (UK) E.P. Dutton (US) |
Publication date | 1952 |
Published in English | 1953 (UK) 1954 (US) |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After (1952; German: Sieben Jahre in Tibet. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama (Seven years in Tibet. My life at the court of the Dalai Lama); 1954 in English) is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951 during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army began the Battle of Chamdo in 1950 when the Chinese attempted to reestablish control over Tibet.