Alex McKay takes th reader on a journey to Sikkim, into the long locked-away palace Archives. This internal story of an indigenous elite adds considerably to the available sources on Sikkim history. With a focus on the colonial period up until 1947, May opens new archival resources on the eastern Himalayas a great resource foe the people of Sikkim and the scholars who study them.- Thomas K. Shor, author of A step Away from Paradise and The Master Director.