Bhutan: Himalayan Mountain Kingdom

Françoise Pommaret

Odyssey, 2009 - History - 326 pages

Shoe-horned into the Grand Himalayas, Bhutan - Land ofthe Peaceful Thunder Dragon - is a fiercely independentkingdom that celebrated its centenary in 2008. Isolated,charming, peaceful, and religious, the Bhutanese are apragmatic, sensitive people who take from the West whatwill benefit their country and leave the rest. Thecountryside ......

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bhutan: Himalayan Mountain Kingdom; Odyssey Bhutan: Himalayan Mountain Kingdom; Odyssey Books and Guide Series
• Author: Françoise Pommaret
• Edition: 6, illustrated
• Publisher: Odyssey, 2009
• ISBN: 9622178103, 9789622178106
• Length: 326 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / General; History / Asia / South / General; History / Asia / Southeast Asia; Travel / Asia / General; Travel / Asia / India & South Asia; Travel / Asia / Southeast; Travel / General; Travel / Reference