The Thief at the End of the World, (Paperback)

from bruchu

Wickham is the Prince of Thieves In this work of historical non-fiction, Joe Jackson reconstructs the life of Sir Henry Wickham, imperial adventurer, British entrepreneur, and bio-pirate extraordinaire. Set in Victorian Britain, the age of Empire, the story of the rise of rubber and how the Briti...

from pierthinker

Writing about obscure events in history and showing Western European colonialism, especially British colonialism, in the worst possible light is all the rage these days. This book does both, but is saved by the quality of the writing and by the extraordinary character of the man it describes. Mor...

from bruchu

Wickham is the Prince of Thieves In this work of historical non-fiction, Joe Jackson reconstructs the life of Sir Henry Wickham, imperial adventurer, British entrepreneur, and bio-pirate extraordinaire. Set in Victorian Britain, the age of Empire, the story of the rise of rubber and how the Briti...

from dandelionroots

This is my type of book: expansive subject matter - rubber's economic boom (-ish 1880-1915); crazy adventurer to structure the information around; interesting tangents galore; and an ethical conundrum to ponder. Henry Wickham, a lower-class Englishman, in an effort to earn himself a reputation ...

from dandelionroots

This is my type of book: expansive subject matter - rubber's economic boom (-ish 1880-1915); crazy adventurer to structure the information around; interesting tangents galore; and an ethical conundrum to ponder. Henry Wickham, a lower-class Englishman, in an effort to earn himself a reputation ...