The Fabulous Flotilla, Scotland’s Adventure on the Rivers of Burma Paul Strachan Whittles Publishing, (December, 2022), pp. 208, Softback, £18.99, E-book, N/A ISBN: 978 1849955324
Strachan’s book is an intriguing story about the Irrawaddy Flotilla, a wholly Scottish concern from 1864, which plied Burma’s Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers, their tributaries, coastal and delta waterways.
The Fabulous Flotilla, as the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company (IFC) was known, was a projection of that Scottish enlightenment ingenuity, adventurism and industrial
