Raffles: And the Golden Opportunity by Victoria Glendinning
Raffles: And the Golden Opportunity

Victoria Glendinning

Raffles: And the Golden Opportunity

Victoria Glendinning

384 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
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"The authoritative biography of the 'Father of Singapore'. By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the founder of Singapore and Governor of Java, having left school in his early teens to become a clerk for the British Eas...

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