Maurice Collis

Siamese White (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Foremost among the biographies that Maurice Collis wrote during his wide-ranging literary career is Siamese White - an account of the career of Samuel White of Bath who, during the reign of James II, was appointed by the King of Siam as a mandarin of that country. The book superbly embodies that old adage - truth is stranger than fiction. 'A magnificent story, full of interest and excitement, but there is more to it than that. Collis, who has lived for years on the scene of these high happenings, is able to give us a first-hand picture of a fascinating land: of a lovely archipelago, of rivers and rapids, of an immemorial track through jungles haunted by tigers and malaria.' Evening Standard

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571309979
• Artikelnr.: 44590470

Autorenporträt

Maurice Collis was an English officer and a profound writer. He served as an administrator in Burma, which at that time was a British colony. After entering into the Indian Civil Service, he served in Palestine in 1917. He was appointed as a district commissioner in Arakan in the 1920s, and in 1930 as a district magistrate in Rangoon. He is the author of several memoirs, biographies, history, fiction, drama, and other miscellaneous topics. His works include the famous work Trials in Burma; Stanley Spencer: A Biography; The Grand Peregrination: Being the Life and Adventures of Fernão Mendes Pinto, etc.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Introductory
1 White Goes East 3
2 M3 The Company 8
4 Captain Alley and Co. 12
5 Trade and Security 16
6 Across the Bay 19
7 Mergui 23
8 An Emporium of the Coast Trade 27
9 The Forest Belt 30
10 Old Ayudhya 35
11 White Meets Phaulkon 40
12 Elephants 46
13 Phaulkon Emerges 53
14 Lord White 57
15 Apostates and Renegades 61
Part Two: The Davenport Papers
16 White Turns Filibuster 73
17 A Pirate in a River 80
18 The Capture of Devenport 91
19 Captain Coates and his Opium 102
20 White Increases the Pace 107
21 White is Recalled to Ayudhya 111
22 The Sorrowful Journey 115
23 White's Desperate Sickness 118
24 The Fierce Fight with the Macassars 128
25 Phaulkon offers to makes White Prime Minister 137
26 White make Hay 145
27 Doubts and Rumours 155
28 The Four Alternatives 160
29 White Prepares to Escape
Part Three: Conclusion 275
Appendices 303\Index 317