Golden Earth

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  Copyright

  First published by Jonathan Cape in 1952

  Published by Eland Publishing Limited

  61 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QL in 1983

  This ebook edition first published in 2011

  All rights reserved

  Copyright © Norman Lewis 1951

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  ISBN 978–1–906011–90–1

  Cover Image: Young Monks Walking together

  in Shwezigon Pagoda © Blaine Harrington III/Corbis

  Map © Reginald Piggott