Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the charismatic and persuasive founder of Singapore and Governor of Java.
To this day he remains a controversial figure, and in the first biography for over 40 years, Glendinning charts his prodigious rise within the social and historical contexts of his world.
Full colour illustrations throughout.
'At last.
A truly magnificent biography of the most incorrigible of empire-builders' John Keay.
