The Enigmatic Sir James Brooke. (Reviews).(White Rajah)(Book Review)(Brief Article)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Doering, Jonathan W. | Copyright information

White Rajah. Nigel Barley. Little, Brown. [pounds]16.99. 262 pages. ISBN 0-316-85920-6.

This involving book deals with the enigmatic Sir James Brooke, self-styled Rajah of Sarawak, then an unprepossessing region in Borneo. Enigma surrounds even Brooke's place of birth; some sources have him born in 1803, in Bath, others, in Benares, India. (Mr. Barley's thorough research informs us that Brooke was born in Benares.) Like many facts in Brooke's life, origin is not a settle...

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