Showing Raffles: The Man in His Moment by Victoria Glendinning
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Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the charismatic and persuasive founder of Singapore and Governor of Java. An English adventurer, disobedient employee of the East India Company, utopian imperialist, linguist, and zoologist he carved an extraordinary (though brief) life for himself in South East Asia. This book tells his story.
Important places
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- Cheltenham (24)
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- Padang (2)
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- Waterloo (58)
- Yogyakarta (8)
Regions
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- Japan (2,219)
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