ASIN: B07K7QS2P5
Publisher: Jack Lourens Publishing
Pages: 327
The Toungoo Empire grew to become the dominant power in mainland South-East Asia during the sixteenth century. The story of its rise, from the kingdom of Toungoo in the mountains of Central Burma, first carved out by King Mingyi Nyo, to its fall under King Nanda Bayin, is one unparalleled in history. Four kings; King Mingyi Nyo, King Tabinshwehti, King Bayinnaung, and King Nanda Bayin reigned over a land empire whose size, at its peak, rivalled that of China to its north.The novel is a creative re-telling of Burmese history, and draws from both the Burmese and Ayutthayan Chronicles as well as eyewitnesses and historical accounts, to tell a story of religion, ambition and greed that should be more widely known. It is the story of the “gunpowder kings,” who arose following the arrival of the Portuguese with western weaponry, it is the story of kingdoms rising and falling, it is the story ...
