- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (30 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140294457
- ISBN-13: 978-0140294453
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #55 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > Myanmar (Burma)
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'A witty, beautifully turned travelogue about benighted Burma (that) is enlivened by Andrew Marshall's wit and his eye for the absurd.' Daily Telegraph
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Burma, a forgotten country in recent years, is ruled by a vicious military junta. Marshall presents us with a little known Victorian adventurer who helped to establish colonial rule there. George Scott, writer and photographer, born in Scotland in 1851, spent much of his life in Burma and wrote a famous book called The Burman: His Life and Notions, published 1882, still in print a century later. He is also famous for having introduced football to Burma; Scott's students loved it for being 'just like fighting'. Marshall retraces the explorer's footsteps from Rangoon to the capital of Mandalay, then up into the remote tribal heartland. This excellent book also gives a sharp impression of modern day Burma and the repression of the inhabitants by the military dictatorship. I was fascinated by this first-class study of a little known land.
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This is a wonderfully readable account of travels in Burma. The football references are rather tenuous but the stories of Burmese life and the historical references are well informed and entertaining. It's also good to read a travel book that avoids the usual tourist destinations in favour of the places that are more "real" and people that have untold stories to tell. I enjoyed the writing style as well - more journalistic than travel writer.
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