This book by John Malcolm Russell, a professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, was published in 1991. Written from the perspective of an art historian, he presents his ideas about the function of the Palace without Rival by constructing meaning from the organization of the inscriptions within the palace itself. The book includes many early drawings by archaeologists and photographs by the author of the palace and its interior. The book is 376 pages long and each page can be downloaded individually in PDF format. The table of contents is located on the eleventh page.