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This well-illustrated two-volume work will capture the attention of anyone with an interest in the British Empire at its height in the mid 19th century, and particularly those who want to know more about one of its least-known far-flung corners - Borneo and Sarawak in today's Indonesia - and one of its best-known imperialists, James 'Rajah' Brooke of Sarawak, whose journals this book includes. Its author, Captain Keppel, commanding H.M.S. Dido, came from a well-known family - ( Edward VII's mistress Mrs Alice Keppel and Camilla Parker-Bowles are descendants) - and was charged with suppressing...

This well-illustrated two-volume work will capture the attention of anyone with an interest in the British Empire at its height in the mid 19th century, and particularly those who want to know more about one of its least-known far-flung corners - Borneo and Sarawak in today's Indonesia - and one of its best-known imperialists, James 'Rajah' Brooke of Sarawak, whose journals this book includes. Its author, Captain Keppel, commanding H.M.S. Dido, came from a well-known family - ( Edward VII's mistress Mrs Alice Keppel and Camilla Parker-Bowles are descendants) - and was charged with suppressing...