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Thomas Manning’s travels in Tibet


This is a recording of Sir John Gielgud as Thomas Manning, reading from Manning’s Narrative of his travels in Tibet. This was aired on BBC Home Service on 9 August 1966 as an episode of Travellers’ Tales, titled ‘”Tibetan Journey, 1811″ from Journey to Lhasa by Thomas Manning’.

Sir John Gielgud reading Thomas Manning’s narrative of his travels in Tibet