Impostors - Couverture souple

Higgins, George V.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349116741 ISBN 13 : 9780349116747

Editeur : Penguin, 1987

Synopsis

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, 70 years after his death and his dynasty is remembered throughout South-East Asia. This is a wonderful piece of swashbuckling historical biography which recalls the best and the worst of the British Imperial character.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349116741
• ISBN 13: 9780349116747
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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