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Review: Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of TibetUser Review - Wes F - GoodreadsFinally have finished my final Peter Hopkirk book. I had held out on this one till last, as it is not really a Central Asian narrative/history. It does involve some of the Great Game characters ... Read full review Review: Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of TibetUser Review - Andrew - GoodreadsThis book was great; best described as non-fiction that reads like Robert E. Howard. The quality did decline around the twelfth chapter, in my opinion, as the focus shifted away from the exploration ... Read full review Related books
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