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In mandalay, burma, the british army begins to descend on the city and dethrone the royal family. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are rajkumar, dolly. Coetzee there is no denying ghoshs command of culture and history. The glass palace isbn 9780375501487 pdf epub amitav ghosh. The glass palace is indian writer amitav ghoshs 2000 epic novel about dynastic families in mid 18th and early 19th century burma and india rajkumar raha is the storys main character and. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 512 pages and is available in paperback format.