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KalimantaanC. S. Godshalk

Kalimantaan

1998472 pages
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6 editions · 2 languages
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One hundred and sixty years ago, a young Englishman founded a private raj on the coast of Borneo. The world that resulted, boasting stone quays, elegant gardens, churches, and musical levees, eventually encompassed a territory the size of England, its expansion campaigns paid for in human heads. In this world, a version of Victorian colonial society impacted with one of the most violent cultures on earth. The results were often startling - pockets of tenderness and extreme brutality appearing in odd corners. A small tribe of fugitives, adventurers, criminals, and saints - the madly talented…

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6 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 1999
    Owl Books · 480 pages · 9780805055344
  • Other · English · 2013
    Daunt Books · 9781907970214
  • Other · English · 2012
    Daunt · 483 pages · 9781907970054
  • Other · English · 1999
    Abacus · 472 pages · 9780349110691
  • Other · English · 1998
    Henry Holt and Co. · 472 pages · 9780805055337
  • Paperback · Spanish · 2002
    Tusquets · 150 pages · 9788483101766
HistoryBritishFictionFiction, historical, generalFiction, action & adventureMalaysia, fictionFiction, general