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Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters11th July 2007
Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters
The last Ranee of Sarawak

Described as “a charming bright and vivacious lady who brought the charm of Mayfair to the Tropics” but by her own brother as "a female Iago", Jenni be finding out about one of the more exotic figures of the 20th century. Sylvia Brooke was also known as Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak, the notorious wife of the last White Rajah.

'Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters' by Philip Eade is published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN: 978-0-297-84788-5.
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