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In the dying days of the Vietnam War, a royal family is rounded up and flown by helicopter to a remote prison camp. Behind the bamboo curtain erected by victorious communist guerrillas, the tragic final days of an Asian king and his dynasty will play out.
Best-selling author of The Carpet Wars , Christopher Kremmer takes readers on a gripping odyssey to Indochina's heart of darkness, the remote prison camp where the Kingdom of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol finally ends.
Part travelogue, part mystery, Bamboo Palace reveals the only known eye-witness account of the final solution carried out in the jungles of northern Laos.
About the Author
Christopher Kremmer is one of Australia's most respected and popular writers of narrative non-fiction, whose work has been compared favourably with that of V.S Naipaul and William Dalrymple. Educated at the University of Canberra , he spent a decade in Asia working as a foreign correspondent, producing a series of award-winning best-sellers, including The Carpet Wars, Bamboo Palace and his latest book, Inhaling the Mahatma , a personal history of India. Born in Sydney he divides his time between homes in India and Australia's Southern Highlands.
ISBN: 9780732285579
ISBN-10: 0732285577
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 368
Published: 1st February 2008
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 13.0
x 2.8
Weight (kg): 0.358
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