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Penangy Chronicles IV
  • ISBN-13: 9781915310200
  • Publisher: MONSOON BOOKS
    Imprint: MONSOON BOOKS
  • By Rose Gan
  • Price: AUD $22.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 01/10/2025
  • Format: Paperback (198.00mm X 129.00mm) 528 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Historical fiction [FV]
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The family of Francis Light faces an uncertain future. As Penang heads inexorably towards colonial rule, Martinha struggles to claim her rightful inheritance, encountering corruption, prejudice and heartbreak in equal measure. Scattered across the world, her children are forced to negotiate the British establishment alone as best they can with little but their father’s name and reputation to sustain them. From Britain to the Peninsular War, from the social pretensions of Bengal to the court of the Pasha of Egypt, from Java in the company of Raffles to the new city of Adelaide in Australia, founded by William Light, the next generation makes its way, its roots firmly planted in the beautiful island of its home.
British by birth, Rose Gan first arrived in in Kuala Lumpur in 1978 and has been living and working between both UK and South East Asia ever since. Married to a Malaysian, and formerly a teacher of History and Latin in UK and Malaysia, Rose was also Vice Chair for Museums of the Indonesian Heritage Society, a guide and docent in Museum National Indonesia, Jakarta, and Muzium Negara and the Textile Museum in KL. In addition to lecturing to cultural associations, Rose has been actively involved with museum publications in Malaysia and Indonesia, both as a writer and editor.
* Birth to death story of William Light, the founder of Adelaide. * Vol.4 in a popular series that tells the story of the Light family: father Francis founded Penang, son William founded Adelaide. * Features real historical characters and events from 18th- and 19th-century Australia, Britain, Malaysia, India and Indonesia.
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