The Glass Palace : a novel
Ghosh, Amitav
The Glass Palace : a novel / Amitav Ghosh - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2002, c2000. - 551 p. ; 20 cm
Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this novel tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love will shape his life. He cannot forget her, and years later, as a rich man, he goes in search of her. The struggles that have made Burma, India, and Malaya the places they are today are illuminated in this novel.
English
9780006514091
Burma----Fiction
Historical fiction
Domestic fiction
Love stories
PR9499.3.G536 / G58 2001
FIC GHO
The Glass Palace : a novel / Amitav Ghosh - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks , 2002, c2000. - 551 p. ; 20 cm
Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this novel tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love will shape his life. He cannot forget her, and years later, as a rich man, he goes in search of her. The struggles that have made Burma, India, and Malaya the places they are today are illuminated in this novel.
English
9780006514091
Burma----Fiction
Historical fiction
Domestic fiction
Love stories
PR9499.3.G536 / G58 2001
FIC GHO
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