His defection took months of careful planning, intrigue, deception and even the ruse of a fake romantic affair to throw off those who were surely observing him and monitoring his every move.
The tiny kingdoms that subsequently sprang up all over Southeast Asia continually fought among themselves; their kings were neither powerful nor rich, and the royal courts became centres of military planning and political intrigue.
Shaplen's fo cus is different; the hopes, plans, programs, gimmicks and intrigues of the big shots, both Vietnamese and American.
The nature's intrigue plans to create structures from nano-micro to mesoscale has inspired researchers to design artificial object with novel and extra ordinary properties.
She achieved an improbable double by winning the coveted Man Booker Prize twice in the last four years, most recently in 2012, for the first two books of a planned trilogy about intrigue in the court of Henry VIII.
It is hard to imagine how a 10-year-old who has avidly followed Gonyea's lesson plan would be intrigued or pleased by the bland spaceship he uses as a final example of successful design.
Accessible, informative, and beautifully illustrated, Architecture as Signs and Systems is a must for students of architecture and urban planning, as well as anyone intrigued by these seminal cultural figures.
We often tend to think of ourselves as victims of dark plots against our country; secret plans to manipulate us; Big Power intrigues over which we have no control.
When MoMA's curator of architecture and design, Barry Bergdoll, saw the plan a year ago, he was intrigued.
INTRIGUE, scandal, plans for governing the world and millions of dollars up for grabs: these are surely the makings of a blockbuster film.
Brooklyn park enthusiasts have seen more than a few disappointments over the years, with one plan dying of political intrigue and another expiring under the weight of public outcry about an overbearing waterfront hotel.
