Mutiara — A Perspective of Penang

Mutiara — A Perspective of Penang
Author

Raymond Flower, Sjovald Cunyngham-Brown

Pages

64

Photographs
Illustrations

over 50, cover painted by Tan Choon Ghee

Leather-bound edition

No

Binding

Hardcover with dust jacket

ISBN

981-000998-4

Size/Weight

250 x 235 mm

Penang — the first British settlement on the Malay Archipelago, the frist presidency and capital of the Straits Settlements; the base from which Sir Stamfor Raffles set off to found Singapore.

Raymond Flower draws a colourful picture of Penang, the name Mutiara (Malay for "Pearl") is also the name of Penang's first luxury 5* hotel, which opened in 1988. The book was written using the material and research of Sjovald Cunyngham-Brown, the last British Superintendent of Penang.

Thanks to Werni Eisen, first general manager of the hotel Mutiara, Penang. Also to Sjovald Cunyngham-Brown, Mary Foreman, Ulrich and Gloria Kunzmann, Kamala Vayloo and Andreas Augustin for valuable counsels.

Publisher's recommendations


Dear wonderful Readers; 

Do you reserve time to read and to prepare your next journeys? This year look out for our new book GRAND HOTEL LVIV (Ukraine) — a bold statement of civil resistance in a war-torn country. 
THE GALLE FACE TREASURY takes you to the exotic island of Sri Lanka. It's one of my heartfelt memories of a wonderful hotel, its owning family and staff. But also it's fantastic history — being the mousetrap for every traveller of note who travelled from West to the South Eastern regions of Asia.

I recommend the new edition of HOTEL METROPOLE HANOI.

The first copies of THE HALF MOON TREASURY are being released – exclusively to our readers (and before its official launching date). 

We have released a reprint of our successful book THE WESTIN EXCLESIOR ROME, the most famous hotel on Via Veneto. 

Upon request, we dispatch all our books personally autographed (as you know).

Have a save journey!

Andreas Augustin

aa at famoushotels dot org

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