Andrew Barber's latest book will take you on a comprehensive and highly enjoyable journey of discovery.

He explores the background and settlement of Penang by Francis Light in 1786 as a British East India Company trading post, some of the island's prominent characters, its transition to a British Colony, two World Wars, occupation by the Japanese, post-war struggles and on to independence in 1957.

For an easy-to-read guide to Penang's rich past, illustrated throughout with many rarely seen images, this is a book you cannot do without!

Available online and in good bookstores in Malaysia and Singapore. Proudly distributed by Entrepot Publishing.

Description

Size: 26.8 x 20.8 x 2.2 cm, xviii, 201 pp, 898 gm

Language: English

Andrew Barber is the author of a number of books on Malaysia's colonial history. He is a Kuala Lumpur-based consultant, a former British diplomat and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.