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DescriptionOtherwise known as the Ranee of Sarawak, Sylvia Brooke (1885-1971) was the consort (and by custom, slave) of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah, whose family ruled the jungle kingdom of Sarawak on Borneo. Promotion infoA stylish new cover for the paperback Sylvia has already reprinted in hardback 'Juicily entertaining... an exceptional life, one to which Eade does rich justice' Mail on Sunday 'Biting biography... draws on family archives to tell the full, jaw-dropping story of a family more than usually mischevious and dysfunctional' The Times 'Eminently readable, with a detectives pertinacity at finding the clues to forgotten secrets and a raconteur's gift for sustaining his narrative interest' Sunday Telegraph 'A thorough, fascinating and rather giddying book... most sensational' Sunday Times 'Eade handles it all with consummate wit and style... a dazzling debut... the perfect summer holiday read' Country Life "A scrupulous researcher... his style is pleasing: he writes with panache' Daily Telegraph Reviews"This is a delightful book, and proof that truth is stranger than fiction" THE TIMES "a splendid first book" SUNDAY TELEGRAPH "Sylvia Brooke...cries out for the sort of juicy, scandal-laden biography that her odd career fuelled. Philip Eade does the job well, with zest, colour and scholarly high spirits." INDEPENDENT "Eade records [Sylvia's] assorted adventures and those of the bizarre dynasty into which she married with wit and style" SUNDAY TIMES Author descriptionPhilip Eade was born in Shropshire and read History at Bristol University. After a brief spell at the criminal Bar, he has written for a wide variety of publications, and for several years worked on the obituaries desk of the Daily Telegraph. He lives in London and the Welsh marches. |