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King Cobra - Mekong Adventures in French Indochina

By Harry Hervey, Kent Davis (Editor), Pico Iyer (Foreword by)
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By Harry Hervey, Kent Davis (Editor), Pico Iyer (Foreword by)
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Harry Hervey's lush account takes us on a quest for a lost Khmer temple in 1925 French Indochina. Three stories march side-by-side to the measure of his cadenced prose: the impact of French colonialism on the Far East; the tale of the glorious Khmer civilization; and the sensual, barbaric lives of the region's people in another era. Renowned travel writer Pico Iyer opens with a provocative foreword, then we join Hervey on his trek, now lavishly illustrated with 140 vintage Indochina images ...

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