'Sejarah Melayu' listed in Penguin's newly-launched South-East Asian Classics series

'The Genealogy Of Kings' is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and demise of the great Malay maritime empire, the Melaka Sultanate. Photo: Handout

Penguin Random House SEA has released two classic titles from South-East Asia, due in local bookshops this month.

The titles are The Genealogy Of Kings (Sulalatus Salatin) by Malaysian National Laureate Prof Muhammad Haji Salleh and Prisna by Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit, translated by Tulachandra, which is published in two volumes.