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Sir Stamford Raffles is known as a man of the Empire, a reforming colonialist and prodigal adventurer. Yet his brilliant career proved to be brief. What happened? Nigel Barley set out to find the reasons as he travelled, literally and imaginatively, through the lands that Raffles had known almost 200 years earlier: from Malacca to Java, Bali to Singapore. Nigel Barley's book - part biography, part the experiences of a contemporary traveller - brings a modern sensibility to veer on a major historical figure. The author also wrote "Native Land", "A Plague of Caterpillars", "Not a Hazardous Sport" and "The Coast".
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The Duke of Puddle Dock, In the Footsteps of Stamford Raffles - Nigel Barley
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Penguin Books Ltd, 1993
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ISBN 13: 9780140145366
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Condition: Fair. The author of The Innocent Anthropologist retraces the steps of the founder of Singapore, from Malacca to Java to Bali to Singapore, discussing Raffles's life and describing the characters he meets along the way. 25,000 first printing.; Redelijk / goed. Penguin uitg. 1993 met fris en schoon binnenwerk. Recht boekblok. Omslag met lichte slijtage randen en hoeken; fijne leeslijntjes in de rug. Seller Inventory # 937970
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