Alexandra David-Néel: from Sikkim to Forbidden Tibet

Before 1923, Tibet was represented on the maps by a white spot. Alexandra David-Néel will be the first to draw this hidden face of the world. Alexandra David-Néel was the first Westerner to enter Lhasa, the forbidden city. This achievement made her world famous. Through the picturesque and touching testimony of Marie-Madeleine Peyronnet, her last governess, who follows in her footsteps, live the story of this extraordinary explorer, who died at the age of 101, just after having her passport renewed.
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