Golden Dreams of Borneo - Couverture rigide

Ling, Alex

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1479791695 ISBN 13 : 9781479791699

Editeur : Xlibris, 2013

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Dreams of Gold - Dreams of Power These drove men and women to seek their fortune in Sarawak. They came from Britain - to carve a future on virgin soil - from China - to escape grinding poverty. They fought and traded, lived and died in the struggle to fulfil their dreams. Some lost their lives to bloodthirsty headhunters, or in the disease-ridden swamps and trackless jungles of the interior; some survived to make their fortune. Chinese, British, Malays rubbed shoulders with fearsome Sea Dayaks, and nomads in the 'hunter-gatherer' stage of evolution. The Steam Age met the Stone Age in this exotic, untouched land. Cultures clashed in a multiracial society. Charles Brooke, enigmatic White Rajah of Sarawak, was a man of vision, a man with a mission - to tame the natives first, then to protect them from exploitation. His dream was to take them gently towards modern civilisation, to bring them the rewards of self-development. He was paternalistic but loving, a truly benevolent despot. Dreams of Adventure - Dreams of Romance Stephen Young, a young graduate, arrives in Sarawak in 1898. Seduced by its virgin beauty - steaming jungle, majestic mountains and 'noble savages' - he stays. Erotic intrigue, passion, violence and warfare surround him. His goal is to survive these with his head and his heart intact.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Xlibris
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1479791695
• ISBN 13: 9781479791699
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 790