Before Raffles, before Rajah Brooke, there was Francis Light, the 18th-century trailblazer in the Malay Archipelago. 'Dragon', the first volume of the Penang Chronicles, charts Lightâ s colourful adventures in the decades before the settlement of Penang island, the Companyâ s first possession in the East Indies.
Before Raffles, before Rajah Brooke, there was Francis Light, the 18th-century trailblazer in the Malay Archipelago. 'Dragon', the first volume of the Penang Chronicles, charts Lightâ s colourful adventures in the decades before the settlement of Penang island, the Companyâ s first possession in the East Indies.
Glossary IX Place names and Peoples of the Archipelago XII List of Characters XIV India and the Malay Peninsula (map) XVI Prologue 1 PART ONE The Boy from Suffolk (1740-1755) 1. Dog Days 19 2. Occam’s Razor 34 3. A Wider Horizon 52 4. The Orlop 68 5. All at Sea 86 6. The Little Admiral 102 7. Scylla and Charybdis 118 PART TWO The English Captain (1763-1769) 8. The Navy List 131 9. Self-Preservation 147 10. East Indiaman 162 11. Fort St George 178 12. The Foundling 198 13. Patola Cloth 216 14. The Pearl Tank 234 15. A Seat at the Table 254 PART THREE The Nyonya Lady (1770-72) 16. Burning One’s Boats 277 17. The Cynosure of the Indies 292 18. One More Bite of the Apple 305 19. The Delegation 324 20. Of Opium and Elephants 344 21. Retribution 366 22. Dewa Raja 380 Terima Kasih 392 Pearl (Penang Chronicles, Vol. 2) 393 Emporium (Penang Chronicles, Vol. 3) 394
Glossary IX Place names and Peoples of the Archipelago XII List of Characters XIV India and the Malay Peninsula (map) XVI Prologue 1 PART ONE The Boy from Suffolk (1740-1755) 1. Dog Days 19 2. Occam’s Razor 34 3. A Wider Horizon 52 4. The Orlop 68 5. All at Sea 86 6. The Little Admiral 102 7. Scylla and Charybdis 118 PART TWO The English Captain (1763-1769) 8. The Navy List 131 9. Self-Preservation 147 10. East Indiaman 162 11. Fort St George 178 12. The Foundling 198 13. Patola Cloth 216 14. The Pearl Tank 234 15. A Seat at the Table 254 PART THREE The Nyonya Lady (1770-72) 16. Burning One’s Boats 277 17. The Cynosure of the Indies 292 18. One More Bite of the Apple 305 19. The Delegation 324 20. Of Opium and Elephants 344 21. Retribution 366 22. Dewa Raja 380 Terima Kasih 392 Pearl (Penang Chronicles, Vol. 2) 393 Emporium (Penang Chronicles, Vol. 3) 394
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