Daunt Books

In the mid-nineteenth century a young Englishman, Gideon Barr, establishes a private raj on the north coast of Borneo. This is an epic story of Victorian social mores superimposed on one of the most violent cultures on earth, and of the extraordinary cast of missionaries, fugitives, madmen, and romantics drawn to this distant land. Engrossing and richly detailed – this novel deserves to become a classic.

'Breathtaking . . . a plot summary can't hope to do justice to the richness and complexity of this extraordinary novel . . . it is a mesmerising story, beautifully told' The Observer.

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