Raffles and the British Invasion of Java

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9814358851

ISBN13:9789814358859

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:Monsoon Books

Length:368 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.1" x 7.6"

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