{"product_id":"editor-1","title":"Editor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon, July 1826\u003c\/i\u003e: Lady Sophia Raffles is left widowed and in debt \nafter the sudden death of her husband, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, \nlater remembered as the ‘founder of Singapore’. Determined to restore \nhis name after he is cleared of the East India Company’s charges, Sophia\n takes on the formidable challenge of compiling an account of his life. \nHer Memoir of the Life and Public Service of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles is published to critical acclaim in 1830. Accomplished\n at enormous personal and financial cost, at a time when women did not \nwrite memoirs, it is a remarkable feat. It becomes the single most \nimportant source for all later accounts of her husband, saving him from \nobscurity and shaping his legacy. But Sophia must also confront shadowy \ntruths behind the glory she feels bound to uphold, and face doubts about\n the marriage she thought she knew. Set against vivid impressions of \nSumatra, Java, Penang and Singapore, her journey spans the \ntransformation from grief-stricken widow to powerful arbiter of history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monsoon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57335713333592,"sku":"9781915310729","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781915310729.jpg?v=1779283855","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/editor-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}