Download or read book Raffles of the Eastern Isles written by Charles Edward Wurtzburg and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether he was a schemer or a reformer is for a new generation of post-colonial historians to decide but, as this biography demonstrates, there is no denying the considerable record of achievement of the British imperialist, Sir Stamford Raffles.