Himalaya

Himalaya

Himalaya is the book that Michael Palin wrote to accompany the BBC television documentary series Himalaya with Michael Palin. This book, like the other books that Michael Palin wrote following each of his seven trips for the BBC, consists both of his text and of many photographs to illustrate the trip. All of the pictures in this book were taken by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was part of the team who did the trip . The book contains eight chapters: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, Yunnan , Nagaland and Assam, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. The book is presented in a diary format; Palin...
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Author:Michael Palin
Genre:Travel literature, Travel, Speculative fiction
Year published:1993
Number of editions:8

Author of Himalaya

Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Age:68
Birthplace:Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Michael Edward Palin, CBE, PRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked...
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Literary Genres

Travel literature
Travel literature

Travel literature is travel writing aspiring to literary value. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author touring a place for...
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Travel
Travel

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Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction

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