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Trespassers on the Roof of the World

Trespassers on the Roof of the World

Portrays the experiences of nineteenth and twentieth-century spies, soldiers, explorers, missionaries, mystics, and mountain climbers as they traveled through Tibet to reach the city of Lhasa

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