{"title":"Ed Douglas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEd Douglas\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers vivid explorations of remote landscapes and the history woven into them. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eHimalaya\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUpland\u003c\/em\u003e, transport you to the rugged heights and reveal the enduring stories of those who have shaped and been shaped by these environments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending detailed historical insight with engaging narrative, Douglas’s writings are perfect for enthusiasts of both history and adventure. His books capture the spirit of challenges faced in extraordinary settings, inviting reflection on the interaction between people and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"himalaya-by-ed-douglas-9781784704483","title":"Himalaya","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHimalaya\u003c\/em\u003e by Ed Douglas is the first major history of the Himalayan region, offering an epic story of its peoples, cultures, and the world's highest mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Magnificent... this book is unlikely to be surpassed.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking history explores the interactions among Jesuit missionaries, Tibetan Lamas, Mongol Khans, and Nepali craftsmen. Armenian merchants exchanged musk and gold with the Mughals, weaving a rich tapestry of cultural exchanges and adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHimalaya\u003c\/em\u003e features a diverse cast of characters, including scholars, tyrants, bandits, CIA agents, go-betweens, and revolutionaries. This panoramic, character-driven history covers the Himalayas on both the grandest and most human scales. 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But they are now so revered that we overlook the many peoples who long inhabited them and the dramatic history of plunder and dispossession that explains how strangely empty these regions have become.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the earliest Brittonic tribes to present-day tensions between farmers, tourists and ecological activists, \u003cem\u003eUpland\u003c\/em\u003e repopulates Britain's mountains with the kings and monks, soldiers and poets, engineers and industrialists, visionaries and campaigners who made them what they are. Derided for centuries as uncivilised wastes, Britain's uplands in fact hosted richly cultured, distinctive and resilient populations. And yet by the time Romantic poets 'discovered' the beauty of these places and industrial workers sought escape in them, the land itself had been denuded by clearances, famine and the needs of sheep and landowners. The creation of national parks has since ensured their preservation, but as activists now see mountains as a logical place to begin restoring biodiversity, Britain's uplands have once again become sites of conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the poet Waldo Williams wrote, mountains are rich in their poverty. As \u003cem\u003eUpland\u003c\/em\u003e shows, the tension between upland communities and those who wish to control them is as old as the hills. To appreciate that richness and to understand that tension, this book provides the history of Britain from a fresh perspective: the view from the mountains. 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