Twilight Of The White Rajahs

Author : Alex Ling
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479791652
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book TWILIGHT OF THE WHITE RAJAHS written by Alex Ling and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power, passion, politics. The sleepy state of Sarawak is stirred up as never before by the arrival of Gerald McBryan. An unscrupulous adventurer, he soon has the Rajah and Ranee eating out of his hand. The eminence grise of Rajah Vyner, he forces through decisions that have shaped what Sarawak is today. Twilight of the White Rajahs is set in the Sarawak of the interwar and immediate postwar period. Vyner, like Henry VII of England, has inherited a tightly run ship of state. But his own playboy nature, the antics of his wife and most important his failure to produce a male heir, threaten the dynasty into which he was born. Outside forces also increase the pressure on his regime. War clouds in the Pacific and the South China Sea. The desire for self-determination. The bullying of the British Colonial Office. The turbulent wave of anti-cession created by the Rajah Muda, Peter Brooke. A war of hot tempers, cunning and deviousness ensued; a war that everyone was determined to win at all costs. Twilight of the White Rajahs recounts in fascinating detail the lives of the chief actors during this period. Twilight of the White Rajahs continues the saga of Golden Dreams of Borneo as the tough pioneering spirit of the 19th century gives way to the more sophisticated politics of the 20th.

Author : Nigel Barley
Publisher : Abacus
ISBN 13 : 0349139857
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Rajah written by Nigel Barley and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Rajah written by Nicholas Monsarrat and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tom Williams
Publisher : Jms Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781611520330
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Rajah written by Tom Williams and published by Jms Books LLC. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invalided out of the East India Company's army, James Brooke looks for adventure in the South China Seas. When the Sultan of Borneo asks him to help suppress a rebellion, Brooke joins the war to support the Sultan and improve his chances of trading successfully in the area. Instead, he finds himself rewarded with his own country, Sarawak.Determined to be an enlightened ruler who brings peace and prosperity to his people, James settles with his lover, John Williamson, in their new Eden. But piracy, racial conflict, and court plotting conspire to destroy all he has achieved. Driven from his home and a fugitive in the land he ruled, James is forced to take extreme measures to drive out his enemies.The White Rajah is the story of a man, fighting for his life, who must choose between his beliefs and the chance of victory. Based on a true story, Brooke's battle is a tale of adventure set against the background of a jungle world of extraordinary beauty and terrible savagery. Told through the eyes of the man who loves him and shares his dream, this is a tale of love and loss from a 19th century world that still speaks to us today.

Author : Robert Payne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Rajahs of Sarawak written by Robert Payne and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Brooke dynasty, James, Charles, and Vyner, Rajahs of Sarawak for over a hundred years.

Author : Justin J. Corfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1012 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Bibliography of the Malayan Campaign and the Japanese Period in West Malaysia, Singapore, and Borneo, 1941-1945 written by Justin J. Corfield and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there was an honour roll of bibliographies of the Malayan campaign and the Japanese occupation of Malaya, Singapore and Borneo, this work would come close to the top of the list. With over 4,000 entries, it is a formidable collection and there is no doubt that Justin Corfield's efforts will be valuable to scholars working on this important aspect of military as well as Malayan and Singapore history. Corfield has compiled a virtual treasure trove of hitherto seemingly untouched material in the form of original diaries and other unpublished personal accounts, including material not only in English and Dutch, but also in Malay and Chinese. Three indices greatly facilitate the looking up of entries.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Asia Review of Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1402 pages
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Total Pages : 1410 pages
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Author : Leslie Dunmore-Leiber
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ISBN 13 : 9780824205898
Total Pages : 1054 pages
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Download or read book Book Review Digest written by Leslie Dunmore-Leiber and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: