The Adventures of Hang Tuah – Mubin Sheppard (1949) (1st ed)

S$144.00

The Adventures of Hang Tuah – Mubin Sheppard (1949) (1st ed)

S$144.00

Title: The Adventures of Hang Tuah

Author: M. C. ff Sheppard, Kathleen Walker (illus)

Publisher: Donald Moore, Singapore. No date, presumed to be the first edition of 1949.

Condition: A small, slim paperback in excellent condition. Slight tanning to covers and slight foxing to endpapers. Otherwise clean and with tight binding.

About Hang Tuah (from Wikipedia):

Hang Tuah is said to have been a warrior who lived in Malacca during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah in the 15th century. There is limited historical evidence for his existence. However, he was supposedly a great laksamana, or admiral, and a silat master. Hang Tuah is the most illustrious warrior figure in Malay literature.

About Mubin Sheppard (from Wikipedia):

Abdul Mubin Sheppard, born Mervyn Cecil ffrank Sheppard, pen name M. C. ff Sheppard, (21 June 1905 – 11 September 1994was a Malaysian World War II veteran and prisoner of war, as well as a renowned historian and academician.