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Book on Mount Lavinia - A Governor's Palace' During the bicentenary celebrations of Mount Lavinia Hotel, an exciting new coffee table book charting the 200-year history of the hotel was launched. Entitled, ‘Mount Lavinia - The Governor's Palace’, this extensive and in depth work provides a vivid insight from the inception of the house built originally as the British Governor's residence to its present state as the Mount Lavinia Hotel.
From its prestigious beginnings in 1806 as the country residence of Sir Thomas Maitland, the second British Governor in Ceylon, the book charts the impressive history of the property and its occupants and captures in the 136 pages details including the much inspired passion between the former Governor Maitland and a local dancer named Lovina Aponsuwa. Shevanthie Goonesekera, of London based Paradise Isle Publications carried out six years of exhaustive and intensive research to compile this masterpiece. The result is an exceptional and authoritative book on the history of Mount Lavinia Hotel, which is certain to have a wide appeal to many readers with its own innovative and stylish blend of well-researched history and creative design. Author Shevanthie herself was at Barefoot Gallery
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