Queen Of The Headhunters
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Sylvia Queen Of The Headhunters
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Author : Philip Eade
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-01-04
Sylvia Queen Of The Headhunters written by Philip Eade and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'. 'Jaw-dropping ... If you thought White Mischief the last word in English expatriate decadence, you haven't yet met Sylvia and the Brookes' The Times Sylvia Brooke was the consort of His Highness Sir Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, the last in a bizarre dynasty of English despots who ruled their jungle kingdom on Borneo until 1946. The White Rajahs were long held up as model rulers, but the spectacularly eccentric behaviour of Ranee Sylvia - self-styled Queen of the Headhunters - changed everything. This is the compelling story of her part in their downfall.
Sylvia Queen Of The Headhunters
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Author : Philip Eade
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2014-06-03
Sylvia Queen Of The Headhunters written by Philip Eade and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF SYLVIA BROOKE, THE LAST WHITE RULER OF THE JUNGLE KINGDOM OF BORNEO Sylvia Brooke was one of the more exotic and outrageous figures of the twentieth century. Otherwise known as the Ranee of Sarawak, she was the wife of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah, whose family had ruled the jungle kingdom of Sarawak on Borneo for three generations. They had their own flag, revenue, postage stamps, and money, as well as the power of life and death over their subjects—Malays, Chinese, and headhunting Dyak tribesmen. The regime of the White Rajahs was long romanticized, but by the 1930s, their power and prestige were crumbling. At the center of Sarawak's decadence was Sylvia, author of eleven books, mother to three daughters, an extravagantly dressed socialite whose behavior often offended and usually defied social convention. Sylvia did her best to manipulate the line of succession in favor of her daughters, but by 1946, Japan had invaded Sarawak, sending Sylvia and her husband into exile, ending one of the more unusual chapters of British colonial rule. Philip Eade's Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters is a fascinating look at the wild and debauched world of a woman desperate to maintain the last remains of power in an exotic and dying kingdom.
Sylvia
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Author : Philip Eade
language : en
Publisher: Orion
Release Date : 2007
Sylvia written by Philip Eade and has been published by Orion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sylvia Brooke (1885-1971) was one of the more exotic figures of the twentieth century. Otherwise known as the Ranee of Sarawak, she was the consort (and by custom, slave) of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah, whose family had ruled the jungle kingdom of Sarawak on Borneo for three generations. They had their own flag, revenue, postage stamps, and money, and each White Rajah had the power of life and death over his subjects - Malays, Chinese and headhunting Dyak tribesmen.The regime of the White Rajahs was long deemed superior to any in the British Empire. But rather like the French monarchy before the revolution, by the 1930s there was a sharp decline in their power and prestige. When one of the Brooke daughters married a bandleader and another a wrestler, Sarawak threatened to become a music-hall joke. At the centre of this perceived decadence was Ranee Sylvia, author of eleven books, extravagantly-dressed socialite and incorrigible self-dramatist, described by the press as 'that most charming of despots', and by her own brother as 'a female Iago'. The Colonial Office branded her 'a dangerous woman, full of Machiavellian schemes to alter the succession, and spectacularly vulgar in her behaviour. After observing the Ranee dancing with two prostitutes in a nightclub, then taking them back to the palace to paint their portraits, a visiting MP from Westminster concluded that 'a more undignified woman it would be hard to find'.Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters chronicles the extraordinary life of the Ranee, with a supporting cast including Sylvia's father, a celebrated courtier in love with his own son; her whimsical and sexually incontinent husband, Rajah Vyner; the Rajah's unhinged, Rasputinesque private secretary; and the Rajah's nephew, whose folie de grandeur as the young heir gave way (after he was thwarted) to an interest in world peace and flying saucers.
Queen Of The Headhunters
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Author : Lady Sylvia Brooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
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Queen Of The Headhunters
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Author : Lady Sylvia Leonora (Brett) Brooke (Rani of Sarawak)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Queen Of The Headhunters written by Lady Sylvia Leonora (Brett) Brooke (Rani of Sarawak) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with British categories.
Queen Of The Head Hunters
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Author : Sylvia Leonora Baliol Brett Brooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Queen Of The Head Hunters written by Sylvia Leonora Baliol Brett Brooke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Queens categories.
Queen Of The Head Hunters
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Author : Sylvia Brooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
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Queen Of The Head Hunters
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Author : Sylvia Lady Brooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
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Queen Of The Head Hunters
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Author : Lady Sylvia Brooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Queen Of The Head Hunters written by Lady Sylvia Brooke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Sarawak categories.
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Author : Lady Sylvia Brooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Queen Of The Head Hunters written by Lady Sylvia Brooke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Queens categories.
`I do not like facts, and dates appal me'. Consequently, Sylvia, Lady Brooke's account of her life as the last Ranee of Sarawak is an entertaining and lively memoir of the rule of her husband Rajah Vyner Brooke, who ceded the territory to the British Crown in 1946. There is however, a realsense of being present at a time when history was being made and by capturing the fun and sadness of the last days of the Brookes' rule, Lady Brooke conveys something of the magic of Sarawak and its people.