The White Rajah

Author: Tom Williams
Publisher: Accent Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781783756025
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
When charismatic adventurer James Brooke travels to Borneo on the schooner Royalist, he plans to make a great fortune establishing trade between the natives and the British Empire. But even in his flights of fancy, he'd never imagined that he would end up rajah of his own country. The story is told by John Williamson, a young sailor who has travelled with Brooke since he set out from England. They find themselves mixed up in Borneo's civil war, political divisions, and intrigue, being forced further and further away from their dreams and ideals and struggling to establish the British presence on the island - as, meanwhile, love grows between them ... Based on the true story of James Brooke, the first White Rajah of Sarawak, this tale of adventure and love is set against the background of a jungle world of extraordinary beauty and savagery.

White Rajah

Author: Cassandra Pybus
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702228575
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
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The White Rajah

Author: Steven Runciman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521128995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
The White Rajah documents a fascinating time in Sarawak made possible by high integrity of three generations of Brooke men.

The White Rajah

Author: Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755130065
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377

Book Description
The breathtaking island of Makassang, in the Java Sea, is the setting for this tremendous historical novel. Piracy, plundering and barbarism are rife. The ageing Rajah, threatened by rebellion, enlists the help of Richard Marriott - baronet's son-turned-buccaneer, but Richard falls for the Rajah's daughter.

The White Rajah

Author: Nicholas Monsarrat
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755143590
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415

White Rajah

Author: Nigel Barley
Publisher: Abacus
ISBN: 0349139857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
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 History of Sarawak Under Its Two White Rajahs, 1839-1908

Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500

Book Description

Twilight of the White Rajahs

Author: Alex Ling
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479791679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
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.

A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908

Author: S. Baring-Gould
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351

Book Description
In 'A History of Sarawak under Its Two White Rajahs 1839-1908', C. A. Bampfylde and S. Baring-Gould provide an in-depth look into the reign of the British Brooke family, who founded and ruled the Raj of Sarawak from 1841 to 1946. This history book also recounts the early Chinese and Hindu-Javanese influences, the rise of the Malays, the decline of Brunei, and the earliest records of Sarawak. It also details the making of Sarawak under James Brooke, the suppression of piracy, and the battles with the pirates, and includes an account of the Chinese Rebellion and Secret Societies, the Sherip Masahor, and the last of the pirates. A fascinating read for those interested in the history of Borneo and the Brooke family's rule over Sarawak.

Canadian Rajah

Author: Dave Carley
Publisher: Scirocco Drama
ISBN: 9781927922903
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
Canadian Rajah is the incredible -- and true -- story of Esca Brooke Daykin. He was the first-born son of the legendary "White Rajah of Sarawak" but was exiled from that country (a British colony, now part of Malaysia) to the backwoods of Eastern Ontario. Esca's very existence was erased from his birth country's history books. He waged a lifelong battle to have his true identity and parentage recognized. Esca's life spans continents, races, generations and centuries -- and only now is it being told.