Bamboo Palace: Discovering the Lost Dynasty of Laos Cultural right Howard's excellent photographs and Wattana's

Howard's excellent photographs and Wattana's fine drawings enliven the account

examining how changes have affected not only horizontal

Sazigyo are Burmese tablet-woven bands that were used to bind palm-leaf manuscripts

Oluf Schönbeck is a research fellow at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

Using their local knowledge to cope with evolving historical realities such as erratic fluctuation of water levels

Bamboo Palace: Discovering the Lost Dynasty of Laos Cultural right Howard's excellent photographs and Wattana'sBamboo Palace begins as a travelogue, turns into a mystery and ultimately redefines a nations history, as Christopher Kremmer journeys through Laos to uncover one of Indochinas darkest secrets. For decades, the inscrutable leaders of the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic have deflected questions about the fate of the Lao royal family, traditional rulers of the 600 year old Kingdom of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol, deposed by leftist