Sikkim : Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom

Sikkim : Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom

Andrew Duff

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ISBN9780857902450

This is the true story of Sikkim, a tiny Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas that survived the end of the British Empire only to be annexed by India in 1975. It tells the remarkable tale of Thondup Namgyal, the last King of Sikkim, and his American wife, Hope Cooke, thrust unwittingly into the spotli