The Disappearing Horizon (Illustrated Collection)

Author: (English) Hilton
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: There is an ancient legend that somewhere on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau lies a subterranean kingdom ruled by divine beings, governing the world – Shangri-La. The Tibetan scriptures also record a Shambhala kingdom identified by Sakyamuni. In 1933, the British publisher Macmillan in London published the novel Lost Horizon by British novelist James Hilton. Unforeseen by the publishers and the author himself, the book immediately caused a sensation in Europe and quickly became a bestseller worldwide, giving rise to a global craze for searching for the ideal kingdom of Shangri-La.