Michael Roberts, reviewing Raja C. Bandaranayake:  Betwixt Isles: The Story of the Kandyan Prisoners in Mauritius, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2006. 360pp, ISBN 13 9789551266417 and 10 955-1266-41-2  Ähalēpola – a contemporary etching and his gravesite epitaph (with contradictory dates … Continue reading An Imperial Saga: The Kandyan Sinhalese Prisoners in Mauritius, 1819-1832