The Cambodian Royal Chronicle - by Chanda Chhay

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Dear Readers:

Below is an information on a newly release book on Cambodian history. The publisher has sent me a number of complimentary copies. I have 5 copies of this book left. If anyone would like to obtain a copy of this book, please send your name and address to the e-mail below:

Khemara_kakvey@yahoo.com

Notice: Only the first five persons whose names appear on the e-mail will receive a copy of the book as I have only five copies. Names and addresses will be kept confidential.

Chanda Chhay

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Author and reporter Chanda Chhay is an American of Cambodian descent who spent the first twenty-five years of his life in Cambodia, and lived through "one of the most horrific social upheaval that has ever happened to humankind." The experience has led an indelible mark on Mr. Chhay’s memory—and was the great impetus to write The Cambodian Royal Chronicle.

This invaluable work covers three main topics: the history ol the Cambodian monarchy an analytic essay on the Cambodian people, society, culture and civilization; and a fascinating report by a Chinese envoy on the customs of the people of Cambodia at the turn of the 13th century.

As a Cambodian who had lived through the destruction of Cambodian society under the Khmer Rouge rule in the late 1970s, Mr. Chhay draws from his vast knowledge of his people's colorful, vio¬lent, and culturally rich history to present a substantive book for students of Cambodian history, as well as for the educated reader.

Chanda Chhay was born in Kompong Cham province, Cambodia. He lived through and witnessed the Cambodian political upheavals in the 1970s and 1980s as a teenager. In 1989, after spending four years in a refugee camp in Thailand, he emigrated to the United States and earned a bachelor’s degree in communications, government, and politics from George Mason University in 1995. Soon afterward, he began working as a conference reporter in Washington. D.C. Mr. Chhay currently resides in northern Virginia and visits Cambodia regularly. This is his first published book.