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Title: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Queequeg on May 30, 2009, 05:19:26 PM
Looking for novels set in or good histories of the great Indian kingdoms and Chinese dynasties of the early modern/late medieval period (Song and Ming, for India mostly Hindu kingdoms if possible, with a focus on the North, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Sind and surrounding areas).

Suggestions?
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Sheilbh on May 30, 2009, 05:41:06 PM
Not what you're looking for but you may enjoy my current read, The Adventures of Amir Hamza:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamzanama
http://amirhamza.blogspot.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Amir-Hamza-Modern-Library/dp/0679643540
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Queequeg on May 30, 2009, 06:07:35 PM
Looks interesting, would love to see an illustrated version.

I got that copy of the Shahnameh you linked to, Sheilbh.  Haven't had time to go beyond the creation story, but it is interesting.  Though I wish they had the occasional Safavid or Ottoman illustration. 
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on May 30, 2009, 09:55:22 PM
The Belisarius Saga from baen books is about the evil Malwa Empire of India joining forces with an eviler super computer from the distant future to create a master race.

Timmy Recommended:

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Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on May 30, 2009, 10:16:42 PM
The Ramayama?
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Ed Anger on May 31, 2009, 08:01:48 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on May 30, 2009, 09:55:22 PM
The Belisarius Saga from baen books is about the evil Malwa Empire of India joining forces with an eviler super computer from the distant future to create a master race.

Timmy Recommended:


Bad cover: check
Shitty writing: check
constant mentions of female anatomy: check
Deus Ex Machina: check

Yep. Baen books alright. Even worse, David Drake's (and before Marti says anything, not the homo) name was attached to it.
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: jimmy olsen on May 31, 2009, 08:42:55 AM
I didn't recommend that! I haven't read it yet.
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on May 31, 2009, 10:19:16 AM
True, true.
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Queequeg on June 01, 2009, 08:08:28 PM
Haven't found anything obvious on Amazon.  Am pissed off: its the fucking Song and Ming dynasties, should be dozens of English Language books on both!
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Faeelin on June 01, 2009, 08:23:28 PM
Clements, Jonathan. Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Twas a fun book on the guy who was either a national hero or a glorified pirate.
Title: Re: Suggested Summer Reading?
Post by: Norgy on June 02, 2009, 03:16:31 AM
Have you read John Keats' books on India and China?
I have only just started to read his India: A History, and seems quite good. He's also written one called The Honourable Company, which is about the East India Company, unsurprisingly. It's also in my bookshelf To-Do pipeline.
Also, Ming and Song: Better Than Armenians?  :uffda:
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