Title: fascinating history
Product review: Major R. Raven-Hart was quite a character. He was fluent in several languages, a serious historian, and travelled the world, mostly by canoe, and wrote informative and hilarious books about his trips. This book, however, is more of a history of Ceylon, modern day Sri Lanka, where Raven-Hart lived for many years. Informative, but not one of those dull history tomes that feels forced. As in his travel books, Raven-Hart uses humor, along with perceptive observations, to keep the reader interested. I've never been to Sri Lanka, but after reading this novel I'm intrigued and would like to visit one day. I found a copy, still in print, that is published by the Lake House Bookshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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