1511: Kisah Sebuah Kota

ISBN-13: 9781482898323 / Indonesian / Twarda / 2014 / 102 str.

A. Halim Hassan

Opis

The story written in Malay gives readers an insight in the lives of people living in cosmopolitan Malacca city during the early 16th Century. This included important figures such as the ruler, Sultan Mahmud Shah, his able Prime Minister, Tun Mutahir, the free-spirited daughter, Tun Fatimah and their luminary adversary, Admiral Afonso du Albuquerque. It shares their aspirations, concerns and fears with the arrival of new wave of traders from Europe. The story culminated with the downfall of this city in the hands of the Portugese which was vividly described.