Nine LivesLONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE Beautifully written, ridiculously erudite, warm and open hearted The Times Compelling and poignant Guardian This is travel writing at its best Observer Internationally bestselling William Dalrymple takes us to the heart of an undiscovered India. A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibetthen spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer