The Ruin of Kasch
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ISBN: 0674780264 / Publisher: Belknap Press, January 1994
Centered around the legendary ruin of Kasch, an African kingdom whose annihilation symbolizes the destruction of ancient and modern worlds, a unique blend of literature and ideas focuses on the periods immediately before and after the French Revolution. UP.
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Recounts the downfall of a legendary African kingdom whose annihilation is emblematic of the ruin of the ancient and modern worlds, with side trips back and forward in time to Vedic India, the French Revolution, and Cambodia. French statesman Charles-Maurice de Tallyrand-PTrigord serves as the master of ceremonies of this synthesis of Western cultural history. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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