White Rajah

Zusatztext WHITE RAJAH is a unique biography of one of the most fascinating and influential men of the British Empire Informationen zum Autor Nigel Barley is the author of six books, including THE INNOCENT ANTHROPOLOGIST and DANCING ON THE GRAVE. He is the curator of London's Museum of Mankind. Klappentext 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.* A wonderful piece of swashbuckling historical biography which recalls the best and the worst of the British Imperial character. Zusammenfassung * A wonderful piece of swashbuckling historical biography which recalls the best and the worst of the British Imperial character.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Nigel Barley, Nigel Barley
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.10.2003
• EAN: 9780349116730
• ISBN: 978-0-349-11673-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 201 mm x 132 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, General and world history, History and Archaeology, Biography: historical, political and military