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The Raffles Affair
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Author : Vicki Virtue
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books
Release Date : 2021
The Raffles Affair written by Vicki Virtue and has been published by Penguin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Detective and mystery stories categories.
The Raffles Affair is a light-hearted murder mystery featuring the elegant former MI6 agent Victoria West. A retro, tongue-in-cheek homage to the Golden Age mystery novel epitomised by Agatha Christie. Beautiful former MI6 agent, Victoria West, arrives at Raffles Hotel in Singapore for the wedding of her good friend, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peyton Latchmore. Fresh from a gruelling three-month assignment in East Africa, Victoria's plans for a relaxing break come to an abrupt end with the kidnapping of Peyton's fiance, the charmingly handsome English financier, James Winstanley. Warned not to contact the police, Peyton begs Victoria to help. Reluctantly, Victoria agrees. Immediately it is clear the kidnapper knows too much to be a stranger, and Victoria suspects one of the wedding guests is involved. Tensions simmer, as one by one their motives are revealed. With only 24 hours to make the ransom payment, Victoria must act quickly.
Raffles The Story Of Singapore
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Author : Raymond Flower
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Raffles The Story Of Singapore written by Raymond Flower and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Hotels categories.
What is the magic of Singapore? Ever since Raffles transformed this virtually uninhabited island into a jewel in the imperial diadem, it has spelt adventure and wealth for immigrants and travellers. Raymond Flowers tells Singapore's story, writing about an age when the sea used to come up to the steps of the houses along Beach Road, when deaths by tiggers were two a week, when a cannon at Fort Canning Hill used to go off every morning to awaken the citizens, when secret societies controlled more than just alleys, when people dressed in topees and tutups used to foregather for Sunday afternoon curry tiffins. And then he moves on to a Singapore that writers like Conrad and Maugham saw: a bastion of the British Empire, but with its faults nonetheless. Always the background is the fabled Raffles Hotel, now the last living link with the past, an institution that embodies the spirit of elegant living. --Book Jacket.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea At Raffles Hotel
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Author : Kathy Creamer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-09
The Tiger Who Came To Tea At Raffles Hotel written by Kathy Creamer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09 with Tearooms categories.
When in Singapore, feed at Raffles. And that's exactly what a hungry tiger did one day long, long ago when he decided to drop in at the famous Raffles Hotel for Tea.Round and round the hotel went the tiger, upsetting chairs, plates and hotel guest, pursued by the bellboy, the hotel manager, the doorman and the great hunter, Major Blunder, who began the Raffles tiger hunt! What happened to the tiger? What happened to the guests? And how did the tiger hunt end? Read this hilarious account of the amazing true story to find out...
This Could Be Home
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Author : Pico Iyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07-30
This Could Be Home written by Pico Iyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with Historic sites categories.
Meet You At Raffles
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Author : Raymond Flower
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Meet You At Raffles written by Raymond Flower and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Bars (Drinking establishments) categories.
The Family Of Sir Stamford Raffles
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Author : John Bastin
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2016-01-15
The Family Of Sir Stamford Raffles written by John Bastin and has been published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
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Author : Hussein Alatas (Syed)
language : en
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
Release Date : 2020
Thomas Stamford Raffles written by Hussein Alatas (Syed) and has been published by National University of Singapore Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Colonial administrators categories.
More than two hundred years after Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British factory on the island of Singapore, he continues to be a towering figure in the nation. Not one but two statues of Raffles stand prominently in Singapore's civic and heritage district, streets and squares are named after him, and important local businesses use his name. But does Raffles deserve this recognition? Should he continue to be celebrated--or like Cecil Rhodes in South Africa, must Raffles fall? This is not a new question--in fact, it was considered at length as far back as 1971, in Syed Hussein Alatas's slim but devastating volume Thomas Stamford Raffles: Schemer or Reformer?. While the book failed to spark a wide debate on Raffles's legacy in 1970s Singapore, nearly 50 years after its original publication this powerful work feels wholly fresh and relevant. This edition features a new introduction by Syed Farid Alatas assessing contemporary Singapore's take on Raffles, and how far we have, or have not, come in thinking through Singapore's colonial legacy.
Raffles
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Author : Victoria Glendinning
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Raffles written by Victoria Glendinning and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the founder of Singapore and Governor of Java, having left school in his early teens to become a clerk for the British East India Company. Charismatic and daring, Raffles forged an extraordinary path for himself in South East Asia - refusing to be satisfied with the trading posts available to the British, he defied Dutch governors and wrangled with warring local rulers to establish what is now a world city. An ardent linguist and zoologist, Raffles spoke fluent Malay and found time to write The History of Java, as well as naming several species of flora and fauna he discovered on his travels. He founded London Zoo and promoted the study of Malay alongside European languages in Southeast Asia. Raffles remains a controversial figure - a utopian imperialist, disobedient employee and knight of the realm who died deeply in debt, predeceased by all but one of his children. He built racial segregation into his urban planning, but was also a staunch abolitionist. Renowned biographer Victoria Glendinning charts Raffles' prodigious rise in this new edition, specially updated for the bicentenary of the foundation of Singapore in 1819. His life was short, complicated and shot through with tragedy, but Raffles' fame lives on.
Raffles Renounced Towards A Merdeka History
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Author : Alfian Sa'at
language : en
Publisher: Ethos Books
Release Date : 2022-08-19
Raffles Renounced Towards A Merdeka History written by Alfian Sa'at and has been published by Ethos Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-19 with History categories.
Why did independent Singapore celebrate two hundred years of its founding as a British colony in 2019? What does Merdeka mean for Singaporeans? And what are the possibilities of doing decolonial history in Singapore? Raffles Renounced: Towards a Merdeka History presents essays by historians, literary scholars and artists which grapple with these questions. The volume also reproduces some of the source material used in the play Merdeka / 獨立 / சுதந்திரம் (Wild Rice, 2019). Taken together, the book shows how the contradictions of independent nationhood haunt Singaporeans' collective and personal stories about Merdeka. It points to the need for a Merdeka history: an open and fearless culture of historical reckoning that not only untangles us from colonial narratives, but proposes emancipatory possibilities.
Raffles Of Singapore
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Author : Emily Hahn
language : en
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur : University of Malaya Press
Release Date : 1946
Raffles Of Singapore written by Emily Hahn and has been published by Kuala Lumpur : University of Malaya Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with Colonial administrators categories.