{"product_id":"alexandra-david-nel-marion-dapsance-9781733100731","title":"Alexandra David-N馥l","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarion Dapsance's new biography of Alexandra David-N馥l delves into her subject's prolific writings to discover the true origins of her philosophy, casting new light on the myth that has grown up around the French \u003cem\u003eexploratrice extraordinaire\u003c\/em\u003e for almost a century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough little known outside Western Europe, Alexandra David-N馥l (1868-1969) is celebrated in her native France as a major spiritual figure of the 20th century. She is remembered as a fearless adventurer, the first Westerner to enter Tibet's forbidden city of Lhasa, the bringer of Buddhism to the West, an erudite chronicler and author of over 40 books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut far from adopting Buddhism, she is revealed in this work as a staunch materialist, hostile to all forms of religion. We follow her journey from Catholic convert to Protestantism, to her obsession with late 19th-century esotericism and finally to nihilism and anarchism, before she invents her own belief system after decades in the Far East, which she calls Buddhist Modernism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows how her free-thinking independence is the true source of the myth of the intrepid journalist-orientalist, the \"lamp of wisdom,\" the \"woman with soles of wind.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marion Dapsance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733100733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733100731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorvik Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Marion Dapsance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994756907263,"sku":"9781733100731","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bef89b2-9a23-40a5-bc82-0a6fb5e7c788.jpg?v=1683332008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alexandra-david-nel-marion-dapsance-9781733100731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}