Larson, Duke of Mongolia
- Published 1930
- 7 hrs 17 min
- 12 chapters
- AI narration
- Memoir
- Travel
- Mongolia
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Frans August Larson arrived in Mongolia as a young Swedish missionary and stayed for decades as a trader, horseman, and confidant of its princes. Trusted even by the Living Buddha, he was granted the rare honorific that gives this memoir its name.
Written from inside a world few Westerners ever entered, it is a warm, anecdotal portrait of Mongol life by a man who had half become a Mongol himself: its nobles and lamas, its horses and ceremonies, its faith and feuds.
- Author
- Frans August Larson
- Source
- archive.org
Chapters
- The Nobles1 hr 3 min
- The People53 min
- Lamaism45 min
- The Living Buddha35 min
- Marriage and Other Ceremonies35 min
- Horses41 min
- Camels, Cattle, Sheep, and Goats13 min
- Political History1 hr 11 min
- Business30 min
- Christian Missions15 min
- Expeditions24 min
- Climate and Geography12 min
Questions
- What is Larson, Duke of Mongolia about?
- The memoirs of a Swedish missionary and trader who won the trust of Mongol princes and the Living Buddha across decades on the plateau, earning the rare title of Duke of Mongolia. Written by Frans August Larson and first published in 1930.
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