Romantic Ceylon: Its History, Legend And Story

About the Book:-The author reveals that like the Mahavamsa, an ancient Sinhalese chronicle, this book is written ‘for the supreme joy and emotion’ of its readers. Intended purely to interest and amuse, it lays no claim to historical completeness or scientific method, the selection of the incidents which form its contents being governed primarily by the accident of the localities in Ceylon where the author has worked. Each chapter endeavours to illustrate one of the myriad tags which form the huge variegated patchwork of Ceylon history and legend, but, apart from the chronological grouping of events connected with separate districts, a stereo-typed system of construction has been avoided. The variety of interest thus ensured serves to emphasize the fact that the whole of Ceylon is a vast storehouse of legend and folklore, wherefrom a negligible proportion of material has been drawn to fill the following pages, not omitting the oldest stories, because they are usually the best, but also, it is hoped, including a number of tales which to most readers, at least, will be new. The book contains numerous illustrations and maps to delineate the subject properly. It was first published in 1929. About the Author:-Ralph Henry Bassett was born in 30rh March 1917 and died in 25rh Mar 1973 Sutherland, Utah. He was a scholar, noted author, translator, historian and compiler. He is mostly remembered for his outstanding contribution in history and literature. He wrote many books to establish his credentials as a reputed author to earn many plaudits. He is the author of books such as -- Romantic Ceylon and others. The Title 'Romantic Ceylon: Its History, Legend And Story written/authored/edited by R. H. Bassett', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121239677 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 326 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-