Mataram: A Novel of Love, Faith and Power in Early Java by Reid, Tony

Mataram: A Novel of Love, Faith and Power in Early Java (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781912049127)

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Mataram: A Novel of Love, Faith and Power in Early Java by Reid, Tony

Mataram: A Novel of Love, Faith and Power in Early Java

$16.95
Mataram: A Novel of Love, Faith and Power in Early Java by Reid, Tony

Mataram: A Novel of Love, Faith and Power in Early Java

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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Seventeenth-century Java is in turmoil between its Hindu-Buddhist past and its Muslim future, while pepper draws Europe's quarrelling spice-hungry traders to its shores. Thomas Hodges of the East India Company seizes a chance at glory by being the first to venture ashore at the pepper port of Banten in 1608. Will he unlock the mysterious riches of Java for the English, or die forgotten with a Javanese kris or Portuguese poignard between his ribs? He falls under the spell of a captivating interpreter, Sri, but can only retain both her and his Englishness by inventing a mission from King James to the mysterious great ruler of the interior - Mataram. In Mataram he finds a kingdom poised to decide its destiny - between a rich past of gods and spirits, a sterner Islam and pushy Europeans offering both science and God. For Hodges and Sri, survival alone will be a challenge; reconciling survival and desire with conscience in this baffling spiritual landscape appears impossible.

Author: Tony Reid
ISBN-10: 1912049120
ISBN-13: 9781912049127
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Language: English
Published: 08/02/2019
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
By Tony Reid
By Tony Reid
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Tony Reid is better known as Professor Anthony Reid, author of ten historical works on Southeast Asia, including the much-read and translated Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce. He has taught Southeast Asian history at universities in the US (Yale, UCLA, Hawaii) and Australia (ANU), as well as in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. He now lives in Canberra, Australia. Mataram is his first work of fiction.

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