Sylvia: Queen of the Headhunters

Philip Eade

Otherwise known as the Ranee of Sarawak, Sylvia Brooke (1885-1971) was the consort (and by custom, slave) of Sir Vyner Brooke, the last White Rajah, whose family ruled the jungle kingdom of Sarawak on Borneo. Each White Rajah had the power of life and death over his subjects - Malays, Chinese and headhu...