“THE SIGIRIYA-STORY” (Bernard VanCuylenberg’s Trilogy) – By Des Kelly      Quite certainly, the most comprehensive, interesting, and “must read”, final trilogy of The Rock Fortress of an ancient Royal family of old Ceylon, King Dhatusena, elder son, Prince Moggallana1(by an unnamed Royal Consort), & younger son Prince Kasyapa1(by an unnamed non royal concubine & there were many of them, half his luck), BUT still, another “Royal Family” where there was quite a lot of unnecessary “bickering” going on. Prince Moggallana was the rightful heir to the “Dhatusena-throne”, but not if Prince Kasyapa could help it, oh no, HE had his eyes on it, too.      To add to all this, King Dhatusena had a daughter as well. For some reason, the “names” of these females in Lankan history seem to be of no consequence, they were there, only for the purpose of “bonking”, cooking, cleaning & having babies. Anyway, ...

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