Angkor: An Introduction to the Temples (Angkor (Odyssey), 3rd ed) [Paperback]

Dawn Rooney (Author), Peter Danford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999 | Series: Angkor (Odyssey), 3rd ed

Essential information on where to stay and how to get there make up the practical side of this guide but the first part contains background details on Khmer history and religion. The second part is a monument by monument guide to the sites themselves.'

Editorial Reviews

Review

These handsome, well-edited books from a Hong Kong-based publisher cover places few other guidebooks go.... The writers are particularly well-chosen....Odyssey fans tend to be adventurous travelers with a literary bent. If you're lucky enough to find an Odyssey Guide to where you're going, grab it. -- National Geographic Traveler, February 2000

About the Author

American-born, Dawn Rooney has spent many years researching art history in Southeast Asia. Awarded a Ph.D. in art history in 1983, she has written a number of books on the region's art and culture and contributed to Oriental Art and other journals. Photographer Peter Danford was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Minnesota in computer science and east Asian studies. He is a freelance photographer and multimedia developer based in Hong Kong.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Odyssey Pubns; 3rd edition (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9622176011
• ISBN-13: 978-9622176010
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,254,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #99 in Books > Travel > Asia > Cambodia

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitive guide to the Angkor temples, October 24, 2000

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jeffrey p collord (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angkor: An Introduction to the Temples (Angkor (Odyssey), 3rd ed) (Paperback)

This excellent guide to the temples contains sections of introduction to Khmer architecture, art, religion, and history and then a site-by-site guide to the temples with plans, descriptions, and tips for better exploration. The book also contains highly evocative quotations from the literature of earlier travelers. The only improvement would be for the photographs to more closely illustrate the text in the introductory sections, as they do beautifully in the site guide sections. The guide prepared me extremely well for my visit, and I brought it to the sites to get more out of them -- there's a lot to see!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide book on Angkor with detailed information, June 3, 2001

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Kean Chhay Chang (Vic, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angkor: An Introduction to the Temples (Angkor (Odyssey), 3rd ed) (Paperback)

Great book with wonderful contents about the ancient ruins of Angkor. I found it very interesting since the book because it contained maps and diagrams of the temples and their whole layout. Of the best was that of Angkor Wat which is very well known by the Khmer people. Great attention was paid to the writing on this book and I found that this book is essential for those who want to explore Angkor itself. Wonderful photographs of the ancient ruins discovered late last century. The book actually covers most of the temples in and surrounding Angkor including the wonderful temple of Banteay Srey which is still considered by many as the "jewel of Khmer art" because of it's dependly carved statues and for the rose coloured sandstone temple which dwarfs Angkor Wat but built several hundred years earlier. Yet spectacular in it's right and so is this book too... I give it the thumbs up and yes... soon the understand for Angkor and it's mystery will grow...