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Article: Bob Reece, The White Rajahs of Sarawak, a Borneo Dynasty.(Book Review)
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- Borneo Research Bulletin
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Bob Reece, The White Rajahs of Sarawak, a Borneo Dynasty. Archipelago Press: Singapore, 2004, 144 pages.
"What good is a book without pictures?" complained Alice. There are plenty of pictures in Bob Reece's new history of the three Rajah Brookes, enough to satisfy a child of any age. Many are rare, and they are splendidly chosen and arranged, and handsomely reproduced in large format.
In an age where the visual is coming to supplant the written word altogether, we ought to turn the Alice Principle around and remember that to understand and enjoy the pictures we need a text. Reece's words do more than justice to the graphic element and themselves are a ...