Battle at the Red Cliff – A Guide to Three Kingdoms, 2004 Ed, by Li Lien Fung, a Singaporean born in Shanghai. The Romance of…
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Tag: Historical Fiction (Books)
Chinese New Year – Part 1
Chinese New Year holidays is a time where I re-read my favourite books. In school days from Form 1 to 4, I would borrow from…
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The English Patient
The English Patient is a wonderfully crafted novel of love. The English Patient is a famous novel that won the Booker Prize for Michael Ondaatje.…
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By William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple started off as a writer of travel books. He then branched off into Indian history after a trip to India aroused his senses…
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By Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese born writer resident in UK. His book The Remains of the Day made his reputation. From that moment, he could…
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An abridgement — The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
This 2018 new translation is by Martin Palmer a visiting professor in Religion, history and nature at University of Winchester, UK, assisted by 3 other…
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By Noel Barber
Noel Barber is a prolific writer of popular histories and fiction. Most of his books are now out of print except for his novels. Novels…
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Excellent novel – And the Rain My Drink
This is a classic novel of the Malayan Emergency seen through the eyes of a Chinese girl Suyin who fell in love with a British…
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Brilliantly written
The Raj Quartet is to British Raj what War and Peace is to Imperial Russia. Both novels explore brilliantly the entire spectrum of the historical,…
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