Colin N. Crisswell
Auteur de The Taipans: Hong Kong's Merchant Princes (Oxford Paperbacks)
A propos de l'auteur
Colin N. Crisswell is the Deputy Principal of an international secondary school in Hong Kong, and has written numerous books and articles on Asian history.
Œuvres de Colin N. Crisswell
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Charles did have his eccentricities too, such as proposing to his eventual wife in England and then immediately leaving the room upon her acceptance to head straight back to Sarawak. But in all, we have an English public school educated young man who through several strokes of good luck found himself ruling a large chunk of Borneo, so still worth a read, all things considered.… (plus d'informations)