Raffles and the British Invasion of Java
Nov 2012 · Monsoon Books
4.7star
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340
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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 a shocking new light.
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Wiwien Wintarto
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March 13, 2023
An extraordinary story about the most unrecognised colonial era in Indonesia. Most Indonesians don't even know that we once colonised by the Brits. This book opens up new dimension on how we look back at the colonial era. Ngopo aku reviewne trus nganggo basa Inggris...?
About the author
Tim Hannigan is an author and journalist specialising in Indonesia and the Indian Subcontinent. His first book, "Murder in the Hindu Kush" (The History Press, 2011), is a biography of the intriguing 19th-century British explorer George Hayward, and was shortlisted for the 2011 Boardman Tasker Prize.
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