Wives Of Sir Stamford Raffles
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The Wives Of Sir Stamford Raffles Sophia Raffles
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Author : John Sturgus Bastin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Wives Of Sir Stamford Raffles Sophia Raffles written by John Sturgus Bastin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Colonial administrators categories.
Wives Of Sir Stamford Raffles
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Author : John Bastin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-10-28
Wives Of Sir Stamford Raffles written by John Bastin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with categories.
This pair of elegant, slip-cased volumes are devoted to Raffles' second wife, Sophia (1786-1858), who wrote the first published account of her husband's life and achievements, and his lesser-known but equally, if not more intriguing, first wife, Olivia (1771-1814).
The Wives Of Sir Stamford Raffles Olivia Mariamne Raffles
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Author : John Sturgus Bastin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Wives Of Sir Stamford Raffles Olivia Mariamne Raffles written by John Sturgus Bastin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Colonial administrators 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.
Olivia Sophia
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Author : Rosie Milne
language : en
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Release Date : 2015-10-01
Olivia Sophia written by Rosie Milne and has been published by Monsoon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-01 with Fiction categories.
When Raffles sets sail from the cold, damp confines of Georgian London to make his name and fortune in the tropics, he takes with him his new wife, Olivia, a raffish beauty with a scandalous past. She infatuates both his closest friend, a poet, and one of his bitterest rivals, a soldier. Raffles sees what is going on, but he turns a blind eye – or so hopes Olivia. After Olivia’s death, and back on leave in London, Raffles, a man once again in need of a wife, makes a practical marriage. Sophia, no beauty, but curious and intelligent, embraces the opportunity of an exciting life abroad. Marriage brings her great joy but also great sadness. Her life with Raffles becomes a catalogue of loss: of their children, of their possessions, of their savings. And all the while, Raffles, driven and talented, manoeuvres at the centre of global networks of power, trade, politics and diplomacy. His scheming culminates, to his eventual glory, with the founding of a new trading post: Singapore.
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 Of Singapore
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Author : Emily Hahn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Raffles Of Singapore written by Emily Hahn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Colonial administrators categories.
Forbidden Hill
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Author : John D. Greenwood
language : en
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Release Date : 2017-12-01
Forbidden Hill written by John D. Greenwood and has been published by Monsoon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-01 with Fiction categories.
On 6 February 1819, Stamford Raffles, William Farquhar, Temenggong Abdul Rahman and Sultan Hussein signed a treaty that granted the British East India Company the right to establish a trading settlement on the sparsely populated island of Singapore. Forbidden Hill (Singapore Saga, Vol. 1) is a meticulously researched and vividly imagined historical narrative that brings to life the stories of the early European, Malay, Chinese and Indian pioneers – the administrators, merchants, policemen, boatmen, coolies, concubines, slaves and secret society soldiers – whose vision and intrigues drive the rapid expansion of the port city in the early decades of the nineteenth century. While Raffles and Farquhar clash over the administration of the settlement, theScottish merchant adventurer Ronnie Simpson and Englishwoman Sarah Hemmings find love and redemption as they battle an American duelist and Illanun pirates. As the ghosts of the rajahs of the ancient city of Singapura fade into the shadows of Forbidden Hill, the new settlers forge their linked destinies in the ‘emporium of the Eastern seas’.
Memoir Of The Life And Public Services Of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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Author : Lady Sophia Raffles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Memoir Of The Life And Public Services Of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles written by Lady Sophia Raffles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Colonial administrators categories.
The historical reputation of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, owes more to his second wife, Sophia Raffles, than to any other person. Lady Raffles's Memoir traces Raffles's remarkable career from its humble beginnings as a junior clerk in the East India Company's offices in London, to his becoming Lieutenant-Governor of Java and its dependencies during the Napoleonic Wars, and of West Sumatra during 1818-24, when he founded Singapore and laid down the regulations forits government.
Memoir Of The Life And Public Services Of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
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Author : Lady Sophia Raffles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1830
Memoir Of The Life And Public Services Of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles written by Lady Sophia Raffles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1830 with Colonial administrators categories.