Lost Horizon

By: Hilton, James

Lost Horizon by James Hilton While attempting to escape a civil war, four people are kidnapped and transported to the Tibetan mountains. After their plane crashes, they are found by a mysterious Chinese man. He leads them to a monastery hidden in "the valley of the blue moon" - a land of mystery and matchless beauty where life is lived in tranquil wonder, beyond the grasp of a doomed world. It is here, in Shangri-La, where destinies will be discovered and the meaning of paradise will be unveiled. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1721279032
• ISBN13: 9781721279036
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Imagine that you went through the Great War with WWII on the horizon.

There is a civil war in Bakul. Four people escaping the conflict are shanghaied: Miss Roberta Brinklow, of the Eastern Mission; Henry D. Bernard, a U.S. citizen; Hugh Conway, H.M. Consul; and Capt. Charles Mallison, H.M. Vice-Consul. We follow their adventure, slowly learning about each personality and how each personal experience formed the character he/she is today. During the adventure, we find it different from the movie(s) in that they were a “Random Harvest” instead of purposely pilfered as the movie version would have us believe. There are other differences in learning about a lamasery named Shangri-La and its various mysteries. I will not go through the details, as you will want to discover them for yourself. The book is more about human nature than the magic in the moonlight. I had to slow down because there were references to German words (concepts) and the Swiss Alps that I needed to research to understand why they were mentioned. I have a hard copy of the book. However, I had to try the Kindle version with whispersync. The narrator made each character sound different. However, the script that the narrator read was slightly different than the printed wording.