TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fox,Edward
TI  - The Hungarian who walked to Heaven: Alexander Csoma de Koros, 1784-1842 
SN  - 9780571208050
AV  - PL3606.C8 F38 2001
U1  - 831.914 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London
PB  - Short books
KW  - Koros, Alexander Csoma de
KW  - Magyars
KW  - Origin
KW  - Ladakh (India)
KW  - Civilization
N1  - Includes bibliography
N2  - In 1819 the Hungarian linguist Alexander Csoma de Köros set off for Turkestan, in search of the origins of the Magyar people. He continuously thwarted in his quest - a misunderstood innocent who became unwittingly entangled in the games of imperal intrigue and espionage that were rife in Central Asia at the time
ER  -