My Journey to Lhasa: The Personal Story of the Only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City

Travel with an Intrepid Explorer into the Heart of Tibet

My Journey to Lhasa is a riveting account of one woman's determination to achieve her goal in the face of numerous formidable obstacles. Written in 1927 by Alexandra David-Neel, a French-Belgian explorer and spiritualist, the book chronicles her arduous journey to the sequestered city of Lhasa, Tibet's religious and administrative capital.

By 1923 David-Neel had already traveled extensively throughout Asia, and because of her keen inter...