A Woman of Angkor by Burgess, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Dedication Historical Note Characters Part One: Recalled to Service

1: The Brahmin 2: The ghost’s demand 3: The princely compound 4: Portal to the absolute 5: The holy elephant 6: An honourable occupation 7: The prince’s aspiration 8: The toy battle club 9: Fateful journey 10: Siege 11: The novice parasol bearers 12: Nol’s entreaty 13: The precocious young retainer 14: The palace pantry 15: A clearing in a forest 16: Freedom 17: The Siamese territories 18: The girl in the hidden teak house 19: Martial might 20: The world his to take 21: Anxious reunion 22: The bird-god Garuda

Part Two: Palace Prominence

23: Sergeant of the palace guard 24: The hilltop monastery 25: A proposal of business 26: Unwanted honours 27: Flight 28: The bathing concubine 29: Sovan’s vision 30: The night festival 31: Exile 32: The precepts of Kingly congress 33: The corral 34: A new avocation 35: Envy 36: Jugglers and balladeers 37: The Architect’s queries 38: Nol’s dream

Part Three: Temptation

39: All the reds and yellows 40: Channary’s dolour 41: The heavenly sister 42: A house that floats 43: Induction 44: The distance from earth to Heaven 45: Its own kind of land 46: The Chinese sleeping mat 47: The boar-hunting ground 48: The Great Dual Vector River 49: Plea for peace

Part Four: A secret unravelled

50: The apsaras 51: Parental inspection 52: Parade of the princes 53: Darit’s request 54: The country pilgrim 55: Martial games 56: Captivity 57: Sovan’s gambit 58: Ransom 59: The magic amulet 60: Heaven’s eternal will 61: Abode of the gods 62: The vigil 63: The King’s decision 64: A pop barely discernible

Afterword Acknowledgments Further Reading