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...
‘We’ve left a lot of men in Borneo – know what I mean?’ With their SAS trainer’s warnings ringing in their ears, the naturalist, Redmond O’Hanlon, and the poet, James Fenton, set out to rediscover the lost rhinoceros of...
In 1838, Gideon Barr sets sails for Borneo, the land he intends to rule. We first see this empire-builder through relatives’ letters, and he emerges as highly unbalanced yet singularly driven. He is also, it appears, almost infallible, applying...
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