The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha by Gananath Obeyesekere

The Doomed King: A Requiem for Sri Vikrama Rajasinha

Gananath Obeyesekere

410 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction historical literary politics informative reflective slow-paced
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On 24 Jan 1816, the captured king of Kandy was escorted on board the Cornwallis together with his queens, relatives, and servants. Almost a month later, King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha arrives at the Vellore Fort in India, to spend his remaining days i...

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