7 edition of Spy On The Roof Of The World found in the catalog.
Published
July 1, 2000
by The Lyons Press
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Written in English
The Physical Object | |
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Format | Paperback |
Number of Pages | 304 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL8818411M |
ISBN 10 | 1585740691 |
ISBN 10 | 9781585740697 |
OCLC/WorldCa | 44982305 |
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While organizing a Himalayan expedition in to climb Tibet's highest peak, Welsh mountaineer Wignall was recruited as a spy by India's secret service.
In a veddy, veddy British memoir steeped in the rhetoric of the early Cold War, a mountaineer on the first Welsh-Himalayan expedition in is captured for spying on the Communist Chinese occupiers of Tibet.
Charged with being a ``Western Fascist Lackey Imperialist Running Dog'' by an incredibly inept but brutal assortment of Chinese interrogators, Wignall, a career explorer and marine Author: Sydney Wignall.
"A riveting first-hand account of one of the darker moments of Cold War espionage, with plenty of James Bondian flourishes: a CIA-backed spy mission to the roof Spy On The Roof Of The World book the world snowstorms and deadly frostbite and a missing nuclear-powered eavesdropping device that threatens to leak lethal contamination into the by: 1.
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He was also reporting on Chinese military operations in newly invaded Tibet for India's. WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online. Learn more ››. Spy on the Roof of the World (Book): Wignall, Sydney: In Sydney Wignall led the Welsh Himalayan expedition to climb Tibet's highest mountain, Gural Mandhata.
Not long into their journey the men were captured and imprisoned by the People's Liberation Army of the Republic of China. In this riveting account, Wignall tells of the incredible courage, humor, and ingenuity that enabled the. Wignall Sydney, The Spy on the Roof of the World, Canogate Books Ltdfirst edition and six Bid Live on Lot in the General Antiques and Collectables Auction from Rowley's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers.
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