Tibet was ruled at that time by a Mongol king, Lhazang Khan, and Desideri was summoned to the court. According to Desideri's account of their meeting, the khan was impressed by the Tuscan's determination to teach Tibetans the route to ...
His sister's eldest son, Captain John Brooke, was heir apparent, although later disinherited in favour of his brother Charles Brooke in 1865. A former navy midshipman and grandson of the seventh Earl of Elgin, Charles T. C. Grant ...
How did Wallace hit on the solution, and on which island? This book reveals for the first time the true story of Darwin, Wallace and the discovery that would change our understanding of life on Earth forever.
Introduction to Inquiry concerning the doctrines of previous lives and emptiness -- Selections from Inquiry concerning the doctrines of previous lives and emptiness -- Introduction to Essence of the Christian religion -- Essence of the ...
Dispelling the Darkness: Misconceptions Concerning Satan, the Occult, and the Dead
This book is a study of Desideri's unfinished masterpiece. It includes extended excerpts from Desideri's Inquiry concerning the Doctrines of Previous Lives and Emptiness, translated into a European language for the first time here.