Margaret Shennan: 3 books
Out in the Midday Sun
The British in Malaya 1880-1960
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
The story of British Malaya and Singapore, from the days of Victorian pioneers to the denouement of independence, is a momentous episode in Britain’s colonial past. Through memoirs, letters and interviews, Margaret Shennan chronicles its halcyon years, the two World Wars, economic depression and diaspora,...
by Margaret Shennan
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
In this pamphlet Margaret Shennan surveys the rise of Prussia from the early seventeenth century to 1740, highlighting and evaluating the role of its rulers, in particular of Frederick William I, the Great Elector, and his two successors. The author takes account of:
* international relations
* social...
by Margaret Shennan
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The career of John Davis was inextricably and paradoxically intertwined with that of Chin Peng, the leader of the Malayan Communist Party and the man who was to become Britain’s chief enemy in the long Communist struggle for the soul of Malaya. When the Japanese invaded Malaya during WWII, John Davis...