num_pages: 166
description: James Hiltons bestselling adventure novel about a military man who stumbles on the worlds greatest hope for peace deep in Tibet: Shangri-La. Hugh Conway saw humanity at its worst while fighting in the trenches of the First World War. Now more than a decade later Conway is a British diplomat serving in Afghanistan and facing war yet againthis time a civil conflict forces him to flee the country by plane. When his plane crashes high in the Himalayas Conway and the other survivors are found by a mysterious guide and led to a breathtaking discovery: the hidden valley of Shangri-La. Kept secret from the world for more than two hundred years Shangri-La is like paradisea place whose inhabitants live for centuries amid the peace and harmony of the fertile valley. But when the leader of the Shangri-La monastery falls ill Conway and the others must face the daunting prospect of returning home to a world about to be torn open by war. Thrilling and timeless Lost Horizon is a masterpiece of modern fiction and one of the most enduring classics of the twentieth century. 
language: English
title: Lost Horizon
publisher: Open Road Media