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Dreams of Gold – Dreams of Power
These drove men and women to seek their fortune in Sarawak. They came from Britain – to carve a future on virgin soil – from China - to escape grinding poverty. They fought and traded, lived and died in the struggle to fulfil their dreams. Some lost their lives to bloodthirsty headhunters, or in the disease-ridden swamps and trackless jungles of the interior; some survived to make their fortune.
Chinese, British, Malays rubbed shoulders with fearsome Sea Dayaks, and nomads in the ‘hunter-gatherer’ stage of evolution. The Steam Age met the Stone Age in this exotic, untouched land. Cultures clashed in a multiracial society.
Charles Brooke, enigmatic White Rajah of Sarawak, was a man of vision, a man with a mission – to tame the natives first, then to protect them from exploitation. His dream was to take them gently towards modern civilisation, to bring them the rewards of self-development. He was paternalistic but loving, a truly benevolent despot.
Dreams of Adventure – Dreams of Romance
Stephen Young, a young graduate, arrives in Sarawak in 1898. Seduced by its virgin beauty – steaming jungle, majestic mountains and ‘noble savages’ – he stays. Erotic intrigue, passion, violence and warfare surround him. His goal is to survive these with his head and his heart intact.
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- Author: Alex Ling
- Publisher: Xlibris
- Year: 2013
- Pages: 790
- ISBN-10: 1479791695
- ISBN-13: 9781479791699
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 4.8 cm, hardcover
- Language: English English
Dreams of Gold – Dreams of Power
These drove men and women to seek their fortune in Sarawak. They came from Britain – to carve a future on virgin soil – from China - to escape grinding poverty. They fought and traded, lived and died in the struggle to fulfil their dreams. Some lost their lives to bloodthirsty headhunters, or in the disease-ridden swamps and trackless jungles of the interior; some survived to make their fortune.
Chinese, British, Malays rubbed shoulders with fearsome Sea Dayaks, and nomads in the ‘hunter-gatherer’ stage of evolution. The Steam Age met the Stone Age in this exotic, untouched land. Cultures clashed in a multiracial society.
Charles Brooke, enigmatic White Rajah of Sarawak, was a man of vision, a man with a mission – to tame the natives first, then to protect them from exploitation. His dream was to take them gently towards modern civilisation, to bring them the rewards of self-development. He was paternalistic but loving, a truly benevolent despot.
Dreams of Adventure – Dreams of Romance
Stephen Young, a young graduate, arrives in Sarawak in 1898. Seduced by its virgin beauty – steaming jungle, majestic mountains and ‘noble savages’ – he stays. Erotic intrigue, passion, violence and warfare surround him. His goal is to survive these with his head and his heart intact.
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