She Was a Queen: Historical Novel

This tale of a peasant girl who rises to nobility in 13th-century Burma and must contend with courtly intrigue and plots of murder was written in 1936 by Collis, who lived in Burma for 20 years. He describes the fall of the Pagan dynasty, based on characters and events drawn from the official account of Burmese history, the Hmannan Yazawin, or Glass Palace Chronicle.

• Author
• Maurice Collis

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 301

• Publisher
• New Directions

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780811211697

• Genres
• fiction

• Release date
• 1991