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White Rajah: A Biography of Sir James Brooke

Autor Dr Nigel Barley
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 oct 2003
Sir James Brooke was an extraordinary 'eminent' Victorian, whose life was the stuff of legend.His curious career began in 1841 when he was caught up in a war in Brunei which had started because a party of local Dayaks had refused to furl their umbrellas in the presence of the Sultan. Brooke was an opportunist who, with the Sultan's backing, made war on the Dayaks tribespeople and eventually found himself ruling over Sarawak - a kingdom the size of England - as a result. How he achieved it is a romantic, sometimes horrifying story. Brooke is someone that George Macdonald Fraser would scarcely dare to invent. Errol Flynn wanted to play him in a movie, seventy years after his death and his dynasty is remembered throughout South-East Asia.
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ISBN-13: 9780349116730
ISBN-10: 0349116733
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: Illustrationsmap,ports.
Dimensiuni: 124 x 196 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Abacus
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Fascinating reading
As a brief, even-handed and witty introduction to this extraordinary man [WHITE RAJAH] is hard to beat
WHITE RAJAH is a unique biography of one of the most fascinating and influential men of the British Empire