Raffles, the charismatic founder of Singapore and the Governor of Java, remains a controversial figure. In the first biography for over forty years, Victoria Glendinning charts his prodigious rise within the social and historical contexts of his world. As a young man with few prospects, he went on to carve what is now a world city from a 'wretchedly unpromising' island with no advantages other than talent and obsessive drive.
Award winning biographer, Victoria Glendinning is Vice-President of English PEN, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of five biographies.
Victoria Glendinning - Raffles and the Golden Opportunity
Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London
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Asia House Friends £6
Concession £8
Non-Members £10
Asia House Friends £6
Concession £8
Non-Members £10
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Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London
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