Lost Horizon

by James Hilton

Overview

Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012349125
Publisher:	Bell Public
Publication date:	03/30/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	170 KB

About the Author

Born in Leigh, James Hilton was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow.

Hilton wrote his two most remembered books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips while living in a rather ordinary semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.

He was married twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. Both marriages ended in divorce. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer.