Access Instantly Moon Princess Formulated By Sao Sanda Shared As Paperbound

Moon Princess was recommended by Aye, owner of the guesthouse where I stayed duringweeks in Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Myanmar recently, There was no copy in the town's tiny bookshop, but I was lucky to score one at the expansive Ananda Temple bookstall in Bagan.
Aye nearly swooned as she

promised the book was so good she couldn't put it down, As I started reading I realized why, It made the relatively recent history of the very town where she lives come alive, The author describes customs and culture of the Shan villagers as well as an inside look at her royal life, Her view of the gradual political changes after WWto a military dictatorship provides a fresh perspective from the daughter of a oncepowerful Shan ruler.
I'm thinking of rereading the book before my next trip to Burma in January and taking it along as a reference for learning more about Nyaungshwe.
Last trip I visited the Royal Palace, now a museum, where she grew up, As a museum it lacks the grandeur a visitor might expect although some exhibits were being added as I walked around the mostly empty rooms.
Now I realize we are fortunate so much remains,
This is an interesting insight into not just the history of a country but also the personal life of the author, I really enjoyed reading about her childhood, growing up as a member of Royalty as well as her travels later in life to other countries such as Laos.
有一陣子旅行的時候喜歡在當地買一本當地歷史文化相關的書這本是在緬甸買的

文字書寫不算太過流暢所以花了一段時間頻頻回顧才終於看完雖然如此由這位撣邦最後一代的皇家成員敘述的歷史還算珍貴隨著現代緬甸的成立與獨立撣族的王朝與歷史從人們的記憶中退去但他們曾經擁有和各國皇族並肩的優勢曾經擁有自己的土地與文化還有自己的故事

眼看今日緬甸的那些紛爭戰亂想必我所記得的緬甸也即將褪色這些被文字封鎖的曾經因此更有價值 "Narrated by the eldest daughter of Sao Shwe Thaike, the Prince of Yawnghwe, The Moon Princess recounts both the story of her early life and at the same time provides a fascinating memoir of her father who, in, became first President of the Union of Burma after the country gained its independence.
She describes growing up in the Shan States and records the changes that occurred during the periods of British colonial rule, war and Japanese occupation, the return of the British administration, the troubled years after Burma's Independence and, finally the military takeover in.
" "It is a personal account of a family caught up in political turmoil which led to the loss of a brother and a father, the first during the coup and the latter in military custody.
Studying at Cambridge, Sanda, met her English husband, Peter Simms and later they lived in Rangoon against a background of political upheaval until the end of democratic rule forced them to leave their home and their country, never to return.
" The Moon Princess is an important record of a tumultuous period in the history of a troubled country, It includes appendices of important political documents relating to the Shan States and tables of the ruling princes and family trees, .