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White Rajah
A Biography of Sir James Brooke
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His biographer Nigel Barley notes, quote, India became, to the Hullbrook dynasty, an enduring and terrible example of how not to run a country.
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“His biographer Nigel Barley notes, quote, India became, to the Hullbrook dynasty, an enduring and terrible example of how not to run a country.”
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“However, this kind of bravery tends to bite people in the ass from the book White Raja. Quote, "A few days after, the general in command heard of a strong stockade being in front and sent out Lieutenant Brookke to reconoider"”
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“And I'm going to quote from the book White Raja again. His infatuation with adolescence was being fully extended to the to include the whole supposedly childlike peoples. They were all becoming midshipman under his especial care”
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“From the book White Raja, quote, "The solution was, as always, that they should charge, even if this had to be on foot rather than on horseback, as in India. And it was Badrudin's overalling presence that would make them."”
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“Nigel Barley, his biographer, writes, quote, James always considered his actions to be genuinely for the benefit of locals, whether the locals realized it or not, so that his interests and theirs would naturally coalesce.”
