Colombo: A Novel by Carl Muller Sri Lankan Literature We hope that this book

We hope that this book gives youthe same comfort that the lessons within it gave her

It presents one way of life to the members of the Holy Order and another to the laity

or translated from Tamil and Sinhala

humor and above all

Colombo: A Novel by Carl Muller Sri Lankan Literature We hope that this bookCarl Muller begins his quasi fictional portrait of his beautiful, war torn city by describing the great battles fought over it European colonizers.. In AD 1505, a Portuguese fleet blown off course took shelter in Galle, overthrew the local Kings, fortified Colombo and decided to stay. The Dutch came along, ousted the Portuguese, made Colombo their capital and ruled till British arrived and sent them packing. Muller intersperses the tales of the past