The White Rajah

Author(s): Tom Williams

Location(s): Borneo

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Early 1800s

In 1838, James Brooke arrived in Sarawak with a schooner and less than thirty men. He came to trade, but ended up ruling the country.

‘The White Rajah’ tells his story.

From Amazon: When charismatic adventurer James Brooke travels to Borneo on the schooner Royalist, he plans to make a great fortune establishing trade between the natives and the British Empire. But even in his flights of fancy, he’d never imagined that he would end up rajah of his own country.

The story is told by John Williamson, a young sailor who has travelled with Brooke since he set out from England. They find themselves mixed up in Borneo’s civil war, political divisions, and intrigue, being forced further and further away from their dreams and ideals and struggling to establish the British presence on the island – as, meanwhile, love grows between them …

Based on the true story of James Brooke, the first White Rajah of Sarawak, this tale of adventure and love is set against the background of a jungle world of extraordinary beauty and savagery.

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