The Gentleman In The Parlour

First published in 1935, this is Somerset Maugham's account of a journey he made from Rangoon to Haiphong - by river to Mandalay, on horseback through the mount... » 

First published in 1935, this is Somerset Maugham's account of a journey he made from Rangoon to Haiphong - by river to Mandalay, on horseback through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, and onwards by sea. The book includes travel impressions and autobiographical confidences. «