Download or read book Queen of the Head hunters written by Lady Sylvia Leonora Brett Brooke (rani of Sarawak) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sylvia Queen Of The Headhunters written by Philip Eade and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of the last Ranee of Sarawak, born into the aristocracy as Sylvia Brett in 1885 and destined to become 'Queen of the Headhunters'. 'Jaw-dropping ... If you thought White Mischief the last word in English expatriate decadence, you haven't yet met Sylvia and the Brookes' The Times Sylvia Brooke was the consort of His Highness Sir Vyner Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, the last in a bizarre dynasty of English despots who ruled their jungle kingdom on Borneo until 1946. The White Rajahs were long held up as model rulers, but the spectacularly eccentric behaviour of Ranee Sylvia - self-styled Queen of the Headhunters - changed everything. This is the compelling story of her part in their downfall.
Download or read book Queen of the Head Hunters written by Lady Sylvia Leonora (Brett) Brooke (Rani of Sarawak) and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sylvia Queen of the Headhunters written by Philip Eade and published by Picador. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF SYLVIA BROOKE, THE LAST WHITE RULER OF THE JUNGLE KINGDOM OF BORNEO Sylvia Brooke was one of the more exotic and outrageous figures of the twentieth century. Otherwise known as the Ranee of Sarawak, she was the wife of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah, whose family had ruled the jungle kingdom of Sarawak on Borneo for three generations. They had their own flag, revenue, postage stamps, and money, as well as the power of life and death over their subjects—Malays, Chinese, and headhunting Dyak tribesmen. The regime of the White Rajahs was long romanticized, but by the 1930s, their power and prestige were crumbling. At the center of Sarawak's decadence was Sylvia, author of eleven books, mother to three daughters, an extravagantly dressed socialite whose behavior often offended and usually defied social convention. Sylvia did her best to manipulate the line of succession in favor of her daughters, but by 1946, Japan had invaded Sarawak, sending Sylvia and her husband into exile, ending one of the more unusual chapters of British colonial rule. Philip Eade's Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters is a fascinating look at the wild and debauched world of a woman desperate to maintain the last remains of power in an exotic and dying kingdom.
Download or read book Queen of the Head Hunters written by Sylvia Brooke and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Head hunters written by Sylvia (Ranee, consort of Vyner, Rajah of Sarawak) and published by Sidgwick & Jackson Limited. This book was released on 1970 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wife of the last white Rajah of the Brooke dynasty recalls her life in Sarawak, and writes of the many colourful people there.
Download or read book Queen of the Head Hunters written by Sylvia Lady Brooke and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Head hunters written by Sylvia Leonora Baliol Brett Brooke and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Headhunters written by Lady Sylvia Leonora (Brett) Brooke (Rani of Sarawak) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Head hunters written by Lady Sylvia Brooke and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Headhunters written by Lady Sylvia Brooke and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Head hunters written by Sylvia Leonora Brooke (Lady) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Head hunters written by Sylvia Leonora (Brett) Lady Brooke (rani of Sarawak) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rejected Princesses written by Jason Porath and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. Well-behaved women seldom make history. Good thing these women are far from well behaved . . . Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses turns the ubiquitous "pretty pink princess" stereotype portrayed in movies, and on endless toys, books, and tutus on its head, paying homage instead to an awesome collection of strong, fierce, and yes, sometimes weird, women: warrior queens, soldiers, villains, spies, revolutionaries, and more who refused to behave and meekly accept their place. An entertaining mix of biography, imagery, and humor written in a fresh, young, and riotous voice, this thoroughly researched exploration salutes these awesome women drawn from both historical and fantastical realms, including real life, literature, mythology, and folklore. Each profile features an eye-catching image of both heroic and villainous women in command from across history and around the world, from a princess-cum-pirate in fifth century Denmark, to a rebel preacher in 1630s Boston, to a bloodthirsty Hungarian countess, and a former prostitute who commanded a fleet of more than 70,000 men on China’s seas.
Download or read book Among the Head hunters of Formosa written by Janet B. Montgomery McGovern and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Head Hunters written by Sylvia (Ranee, consort of Vyner, Rajah of Sarawak) and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The candid, eccentric and witty autobiography of Her Highness the Honorable Sylvia Lady Brooke, wife of Sarawak's last White Rajah. The daughter of a British aristocrat, raised among the children of the Royal Family, Sylvia seemed the least likely candidate to rule over a kingdom of Borneo's most primitive tribes. But this is not a life that ever went according to plan; instead, it is an adventure as Sylvia Brooke lived it for a period of eighty years. She suffered a traumatic childhood pivoting between luxury and neglect--even her pre-adolescent attempts at suicide were fiascos. She did, however, excel at writing, and the most exotic of her memoirs is the story of her marriage to Vyner Brooke, last in the line of the infamous White Rajahs. This is a unique personal history of an era when autocracy was kindly, and of a woman who lived life like a fairy tale.--From publisher description.
Download or read book Sylvia written by Philip Eade and published by Orion. This book was released on 2007 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sylvia Brooke (1885-1971) was one of the more exotic figures of the twentieth century. Otherwise known as the Ranee of Sarawak, she was the consort (and by custom, slave) of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah, whose family had ruled the jungle kingdom of Sarawak on Borneo for three generations. They had their own flag, revenue, postage stamps, and money, and each White Rajah had the power of life and death over his subjects - Malays, Chinese and headhunting Dyak tribesmen.The regime of the White Rajahs was long deemed superior to any in the British Empire. But rather like the French monarchy before the revolution, by the 1930s there was a sharp decline in their power and prestige. When one of the Brooke daughters married a bandleader and another a wrestler, Sarawak threatened to become a music-hall joke. At the centre of this perceived decadence was Ranee Sylvia, author of eleven books, extravagantly-dressed socialite and incorrigible self-dramatist, described by the press as 'that most charming of despots', and by her own brother as 'a female Iago'. The Colonial Office branded her 'a dangerous woman, full of Machiavellian schemes to alter the succession, and spectacularly vulgar in her behaviour. After observing the Ranee dancing with two prostitutes in a nightclub, then taking them back to the palace to paint their portraits, a visiting MP from Westminster concluded that 'a more undignified woman it would be hard to find'.Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters chronicles the extraordinary life of the Ranee, with a supporting cast including Sylvia's father, a celebrated courtier in love with his own son; her whimsical and sexually incontinent husband, Rajah Vyner; the Rajah's unhinged, Rasputinesque private secretary; and the Rajah's nephew, whose folie de grandeur as the young heir gave way (after he was thwarted) to an interest in world peace and flying saucers.
