Voyage East [NOOK Book]

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Overview

John Williamson left the farm when he was a boy and ran away to sea. A chance meeting in a tavern takes him from England on a voyage halfway across the world in search of adventure with the charismatic James Brooke.

But James is no business man and, as his venture steadily loses money, he sells the ship and returns home, leaving his crew to fend for themselves.

Alone in the Far East, Williamson finds a new berth and learns the ways of the people and the waters of his new home. Content with his lot, he still thinks ...
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Overview

John Williamson left the farm when he was a boy and ran away to sea. A chance meeting in a tavern takes him from England on a voyage halfway across the world in search of adventure with the charismatic James Brooke.

But James is no business man and, as his venture steadily loses money, he sells the ship and returns home, leaving his crew to fend for themselves.

Alone in the Far East, Williamson finds a new berth and learns the ways of the people and the waters of his new home. Content with his lot, he still thinks about his first voyage East and the man who led him there. Almost five years pass before he hears news that James Brooke is back in Singapore. And asking for him ...

NOTE: Voyage East is the opening scenes from the novel The White Rajah by Tom Williams.

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940011429163
  • Publisher: JMS Books LLC
  • Publication date: 8/1/2011
  • Sold by: SMASHWORDS - EBKS
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 32,259
  • File size: 296 KB

Meet the Author

Tom Williams' writing career started at about the age of 10, when he won a book in a national competition organized by a tea company. But, despite the student magazine publishing a piece of his at Oxford, there was no serious creative writing for decades after that. Instead, he wrote books for business covering everything from the gambling industry to new developments in printing technology.

It was on a trip to Sarawak, visiting Dyak longhouses, that Tom discovered James Brooke and he spent far too much time in libraries over the next few years until he felt that he had some understanding of the man. He also started collecting South East Asian weapons and now knows an unhealthy amount about how to behead someone with a parang. These interests combined to produce 'The White Rajah'.

Tom lives in London. His main interest is avoiding doing any honest work and this leaves him with time to ski, skate and dance the tango, all of which he does quite well. He is also working on another novel, again a historical story but this time set in Argentina during the Napoleonic wars.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 22, 2011

    Don't bother!

    I didn't make it very far. It was boring and made no sense.

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