George Groslier's encyclopaedia-like sum on the Ancient Khmer civilization, "d'après les textes et les monuments depuis les premiers siècles de notre ère".

In French

The magnus opus of philologist and Old Khmer specialist Philip Jenner. Available here are the dictionaries of Angkorian Khmer (2) and Middle Khmer (3).

In English & Old Khmer

The reference study in 17th century Cambodia, its internal turmoil and the ever more complicated relations with its powerful neighbors, Siam and Vietnam.

In French

The Khmer translation and edition of Mak Phoeun's major study on 17th century Cambodia, initially published in French.

In Khmer

Novelization of the life and challenges of a French Angkor conservator in the 1920s.

In French

The Khmer cultural and artistic heritage in the Siamese sphere of influence at the turn of the 20th century.

In French

A compilation of references to Cambodia (or Zhenla, Funan, etc) in Chinese ancient chronicles

In Chinese

An exhaustive study of Indian and Southeast Asia epigraphy by Prof. D.C. Sirkar.

In English

Cambodia as the ultimate land of the Creation, where all living beings converge to the revelation of the Supreme Being.

In French

An engrossing novel set in an Indochinese plantation in the 1910s, with an unforgettable visit to Angkor and the Bayon.

In French

A symbolist and powerful novel set in an imaginary Angkorean palace.

In French

Ascetes, sacred dancers and kings in a fantasy Khmer kingdom evoked by an archetypal symbolist novel.

In French

A quite ambivalent account of the 1924 visit to Phnom Penh and Angkor by a Siamese dignitary: shared cultural heritage in a time of rising nationalism.

In Thai

From Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Madurai (South India) and Canton (Guanghzou), an inspiring travelogue towards Angkor, with a magnificient description, and Oceania.

In French

One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.

In French

A specialist of Khmer antiquities in Thailand assesses the history of the modern state of Thailand.

In Khmer

The English translation of a reference book on Southeast Asia ancient history

In English

Gods, Trees and Human Beings on Cambodia's sacred mountain.

In French

The English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.

In English

The rebirth of an ancient theater-dance form in the Kandal Province after the somber years of civil war.

In Khmer

Back to Cambodia four years after "Angkor the Magnificent", an inspired and sometime visionary travelogue through Asia in the throes of colonialism.

In English

Pluridisciplinary, encyclopaedic, ambitious and often highly enjoyable synthesis and sum of Angkorean research to the date.

In English