The White Rajahs of SarawakThe text concerns a succession of three men who governed Malays and Dyaks during the nineteenth century until the last Rajah stepped down at the end of World War II. |
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The Enchanted Islands | 13 |
The Battle with the Princes | 31 |
Rajah Brooke | 52 |
Copyright | |
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