The Land of the Great Image - Being Experiences of Friar Manrique in Arakan

Contents Include: Portuguese Asia - Golden Goa - Friar Manrique sets out - Friar Manrique in Danger of Decapitation - Demonism - Among the Slavers of Dianga - Startling News - The Tiger - The Colloquy in the Jungle - The Image on the Pass - The Admiral - The Comptroller General of the Household - The Audience - The Blessed One - The Five Taslims - The Dedication of the Church - The Debate with the Royal Chaplain - The White Elephant - The Tooth - The Grand Dowager - Toys for the Princes - The Taking of Hugli - Friar Manrique is Appointed Attache - Friar Manrique takes the Yellow Robe - The Elixir - Prelude to the Coronation - The Coronation - Friar Manrique is Taken for a Slaver - The Strange Murder of King Thiri-Thu-Dhamma - The Murder of Friar Manrique - Concluding Observations - List of Principal Authorities

Product details

• Authors: Maurice Collis
• Publisher: Pierides Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9781406789867
• ISBN: 978-1-4067-8986-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 377 g
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries