Raffles and the British Invasion of Java
Book Details
Author(s)Tim Hannigan
PublisherMonsoon Books Pte. Ltd.
ISBN / ASIN9814358851
ISBN-139789814358859
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank837,470
CategoryBiography & Autobiography
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
In 1811, an army of 10,000 British redcoats splashed ashore through the muddy shallows off Batavia (now Jakarta) to conquer the Dutch colony of Java. They would remain there for five turbulent years. Drawing on both British and Javanese archival sources, this narrative history-cum-biography explores the bloody battles and furious controversies that marked British rule in Java, and reveals the future founder of Singapore, Thomas Stamford Raffles in a shocking new light.
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