12th century Cambodian history comes to life in a novel ["A Woman of Angkor", a novel by John Burgess]

Bangkok (The Nation /ANN) 5 March 2013- The great marvel of the Angkor temples,
apart from their sheer scale, is the stories that unfold in the
bas-reliefs that cover the walls. There are kings and queens and their
attendant Brahmins and courtiers, of course. There are the dancing
apsara. And there are also soldiers and slaves and others from every
walk of life.But what John Burgess notices