Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2021-03-23
Books mentioned on Part One: The Family That Stole Malaysia
Robert is joined by Dr. Kaveh Hoda to discuss the Brooke Family.
Robert Evans discussed White Rajah by Nigel Barley and The White Rajahs of Sarawak by Robert Payne.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
White Rajah
Discussed“His biographer Nigel Barley notes, quote, India became, to the Hullbrook dynasty, an enduring and terrible example of how not to run a country.”
Where to get it
-
The White Rajahs of Sarawak
Discussed“His early biographers who were all propagandists of the British Empire, guys like Robert Payne, will write, quote, "It was remembered that he never told a lie and demonstrated at an early age a character of the utmost nobility."”
Where to get it
