Oxford University Press, 1978 New York. Fotografías en blanco y negro. 8ºM (22,5 x 14,5 cm) 150 págs. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Sobrecubierta pobre, con faltas y rasgados. «On th night of 5 April 1964, an assassin’s bullet cut short the life of Jigmie Dorji, Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom of Buthan. Deeply loved by his own people, Jigmie Dorji was also a well-known and popular figure in the social circles of Calcuta and Delhi. A friend of India, he had played a significant role in drawing Bhutan out of her traditional isolation. It was assumed initially that the assassination could only be the act of an insane fanatic; soon it became evident that the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, the King’s uncle, had issued the fatal order, and that the assassination was in fact the climax of hidden but mounting tension over issues as diverse as dynastic rivalry, Bhutan’s modernization and a royal affaire de coeur…»