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Raffles and the Reprieve of Malacca
By William Cross
The busy trading hub of Malacca was to be consigned to history, until Stamford Raffles saw that history was one of its assets.
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A Growing Reputation
By Herbert Bury
Herbert Bury distinguished two kinds of overseas investment, and only one was worthy of Englishmen.
57
‘Not to Exploit, Sir, but to Help’
Herbert Bury believed that it was the British way to profit with another country, not to profit from it.
58
The Quiet Revolutionary
By Ram Chandra Palit
As Viceroy of India, Lord Ripon was rather more popular with the people of India than he was with some of his own civil servants.
59
The Righting of Wrongs
By John Bright
John Bright MP urged a critic of the British Raj to offer India more than fine words.
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Thundering Smoke
By David Livingstone
David Livingstone relives the historic moment when he became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.
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