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Now considered a classic, this is an eloquent and compellingly told account of the Dalai Lama's exile from Tibet after its conquest by China.

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IN AUGUST of 1932, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama gazed out over the gardens of his summer palace, the Norbulingka or Jewel Park, and began to write his final testament to the Tibetan people.

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  1. John F. Avedon (Author)
 

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