The Traveller's History Of Burma - Hardcover

Abbott, Gerry

9789748299280: The Traveller's History Of Burma

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9748299287 ISBN 13: 9789748299280

Publisher: Orchid Press Publishing Limited, 2001

Gerry Abbott weaves together an array of descriptions of Burma by early travellers. He has researched past travellers' accounts, and has elegantly tied them together in a vivid history of Burma. Abbot's thorough research into traveller's accounts of Burma creates a vivid account of the country's history. By selecting many succinet but telling eyewitness acounts that span almost six centuries, he introduces the reader to a rich and lively anthology of Burma the place, its culture and its inhabitants. Travellers to Burma will be enriched by the book's accounts of others who have

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Synopsis:

Abbot's thorough research into traveller's accounts of Burma creates a vivid account of the country's history. By selecting many succinet but telling eyewitness acounts that span almost six centuries, he introduces the reader to a rich and lively anthology of Burma the place, its culture and its inhabitants. Travellers to Burma will be enriched by the book's accounts of others who have been there before you...

About the Author:

The author, Gerry Abbot, who lived in Mandalay in the 1980s, has edited and woven together an amazing array of descriptions of Burma by early travellers.

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