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ancient Khmer temple ruins
Angkor-Thom archaeology
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Corners
Corps De Ballet
Dances
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Dark Enchantments
Day Flies
Deluge
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forest
forest ecology research
French colonial exploration
Gateway
lives
Mekong River studies
Mid-day
Morning
night
Phantom
Pnom Penh
Prey
reap
rudimentary
Rushes
RVI
Saigon
Scarecrow
Siam
Siamese
siem
Sky
Southeast Asian history
submerged
Sunday
Terraces
travel literature analysis
Twilight
Wander
Product details
- ISBN 9780710307941
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 12 Feb 2002
- Publisher: Kegan Paul
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Pierre Loti, the romantic Orientalist and seductive travel writer, describes with extraordinary pictorial skill the journey from Saigon into the interior; first along the river Mekong, at the time in flood, then through the thick forest in the heart of which is buried the ruins of Angkor-Thom, with its palaces and temples.
Pierre Loti, perhaps the world's most prolific, romantic and exotic travel writer and novelist, was born as Julien Marie Viaud in Rochefort in Western France in 1850. A childhood fascination with exotic lands across the seas led him to embark on a naval career that enabled him to seek love and adventure in many latitudes. He drew on these real life experiences when writing the romantic novels and travel books that made him one of the most popular authors of his day. Although his prolific output brought him both fame and fortune he remained a romantic escapist and never gave up his beloved naval career. He retired from the French navy in 1910 and died in 1923.
