Author : Sir James Brooke
Publisher : London : Hutchinson & Company, Limited
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 18,85 MB
Release : 1935
Category : Brooke, Sir James, Rajah of Sarawak, 1803-1868
ISBN :
Letters to Angela Burdett-Coutts and to her companion, Hanna Meredith Brown.
Author : Sir James Brooke
Publisher : London : Hutchinson & Company, Limited
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 25,31 MB
Release : 1935
Category : Brooke, Sir James, Rajah of Sarawak, 1803-1868
ISBN :
Letters to Angela Burdett-Coutts and to her companion, Hanna Meredith Brown.
Author : Steven Runciman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521128995
The White Rajah documents a fascinating time in Sarawak made possible by high integrity of three generations of Brooke men.
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 41,85 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1108057225
An 1893 summary of the rich variety of charitable work undertaken by one of the most remarkable philanthropists of her age.
Author : Cassandra Pybus
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 11,61 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780702228575
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Author : JH Walker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2020-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000257274
A significant reinterpretation of Sarawak history, Power and Prowess explores the network of power, economic and ritual relationships that developed on the northwest coast of Borneo in the mid-nineteenth century, from which a coalition led by James Brooke established the state of Sarawak. Where many authors placed Brooke in the context of nineteenth century British imperialism, this study perceives him in the context of Bornean cultures and political economies. Brooke emerges from the historical record as a 'man of prowess', with the author identifying important ritual sources of Brooke's power among Malays, Bidayuh and Ibans, sources which derived from and expressed indigenous cultural traditions about fertility, health and status. Drawing on conceptual frameworks from political science, as well as recent southeast Asian historiography, Power and Prowess offers a detailed political history of the period and new interpretations of Brooke's career. This study also retrieves from the historical sources previously concealed narratives which reflect the interests, priorities and activities of Sarawak people themselves. J.H. WALKER lectures in political science at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy.
Author : Nigel Barley
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0349139857
Sir James Brooke was an extraordinary 'eminent' Victorian, whose life was the stuff of legend.His curious career began in 1841 when he was caught up in a war in Brunei which had started because a party of local Dayaks had refused to furl their umbrellas in the presence of the Sultan. Brooke was an opportunist who, with the Sultan's backing, made war on the Dayaks tribespeople and eventually found himself ruling over Sarawak - a kingdom the size of England - as a result. How he achieved it is a romantic, sometimes horrifying story. Brooke is someone that George Macdonald Fraser would scarcely dare to invent. Errol Flynn wanted to play him in a movie, seventy years after his death and his dynasty is remembered throughout South-East Asia.
Author : Edna Healey
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 34,38 MB
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1448207231
In 1837, at the age of twenty-three, Angela Burdett-Coutts inherited a vast fortune from her banker grandfather, making her one of the richest and thus potentially powerful women in Victorian England. She moved in the highest social circles: entertaining the rising stars of the political scene, Disraeli and Gladstone; attending scientific lectures with Faraday; pursuing her philanthropic work with Dickens; and falling in love with the aged Duke of Wellington. Her acts of charity were enormous and wide-ranging-establishing a home for 'fallen women', pioneering model housing, battling for sanitary reform, supporting the NSPCC and the RSPCA, and promoting technical education and domestic science. A devout Anglican, she built churches, founded colonial bishoprics and encouraged the missionary work of Livingstone and others. Despite all this activity, Angela remained throughout her life a shy and supremely private person. The full range of her charity will probably never be known, for she often acted through intermediaries such as Dickens, describing herself only as 'lady unknown'. And a 'lady unknown' she has largely remained, her role in Victorian England strangely overlooked or forgotten. Edna Healey has uncovered much new material, including unpublished correspondence from Dickens, Livingstone, Gladstone, Wellington, Faraday and Henry Irving, to provide a fascinating insight into this most remarkable lady.
Author : Graham E. Saunders
Publisher : Singapore ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Much has been written about the Brookes of Sarawak, rather less about the Anglican Mission. Very little has appeared about the interaction between the two. This painstaking and well-researched study, based on a wide variety of primary sources, especially hitherto unpublished letters, helpsto fill many of the existing gaps and is an admirable addition to scholarly knowledge of Sarawak under the White Rajahs and British missionary activity there.
Author : Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 13316 pages
File Size : 42,64 MB
Release : 2021-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1913487539
The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould was a late Victorian novelist, antiquarian and eclectic scholar. He is remembered particularly as a writer of famous hymns, notably, ‘Onward, Christian Soldiers’. He was a prolific author of diverse subjects, producing over 200 books by the time of his death at the age of ninety. Among his most enduring works are his seminal ghost stories, revealing the author’s interest in occult studies. This comprehensive eBook presents Baring-Gould’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts digitised for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Baring-Gould’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and major texts * 26 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Includes the original illustrations accompanying the works * Excellent formatting of the texts * Wide selection of Baring-Gould’s non-fiction and songs * Features a bonus biography – discover Baring-Gould’s intriguing life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels Through Flood and Flame (1868) Mehalah (1880) John Herring (1883) Court Royal (1886) Red Spider (1887) Eve (1888) The Pennycomequicks (1889) Grettir the Outlaw (1889) Arminell (1890) Urith (1891) In the Roar of the Sea (1892) Through all the Changing Scenes of Life (1892) Cheap Jack Zita (1893) Kitty Alone (1894) The Icelander’s Sword (1894) Noémi (1895) The Broom Squire (1890) Perpetua (1897) Guavas the Tinner (1897) Bladys of the Stewponey (1897) Domitia (1898) Pabo the Priest (1899) Winefred (1900) The Frobishers (1901) Miss Quillet (1902) In Dewisland (1904) The Shorter Fiction Jacquetta and Other Stories (1890) In a Quiet Village (1900) A Book of Ghosts (1904) The Songs Songs of the West (1890) Selected Hymns The Non-Fiction The Book of Were Wolves (1865) Post-Mediaeval Preachers (1865) Curious Myths of the Middle Ages (1866) The Lives of the Saints (Volumes I-III) (1872) Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events (1874) The Vicar of Morwenstow (1876) Historic Oddities and Strange Events (1889) Old Country Life (1890) In Troubadour Land (1891) Strange Survivals (1892) An Old English Home and its Dependencies (1898) A Book of Dartmoor (1900) Brittany (1902) A Book of North Wales (1903) A Book of the Riviera (1905) A Book of the Cevennes (1907) A Book of the Pyrenees (1907) Devonshire Characters and Strange Events (1908) Cornish Characters and Strange Events (1909) A History of Sarawak under its Two White Rajahs (1909) Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe (1911) A Book of Folk Lore (1913) The Biography The Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould’s Memoirs (1923) by Stewart M. Ellis Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
