Saturday, September 21, 2019

Claire Chao--Remembering Shanghai


Probably why I'll never go book, painful book, well written, but a bit long, maybe.

Point of view shifts and relationships confusing.

exp book too, maybe bc of color illustrations.

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Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

I'm only reading the reigns of Naresuan,his brother Ekathasarot and his great grandson Narai-- Narai was very progressive and sent the ...