{"product_id":"path-of-the-righteous-crane-1","title":"Path Of the Righteous Crane","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name of Eu Tong Sen is well known in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.\u003cbr\u003eYet to date, there has been little of substance written about the man; much\u003cbr\u003eof what there is, has drawn from a deep well of unsubstantiated folklore.\u003cbr\u003eIlsa Sharp's account of Eu Tong Sen's life, based on voluminous research by\u003cbr\u003eacademic Maria Yang Tse-oy, has theatre aplenty, from mystic feng shui\u003cbr\u003emountains and murder by poison, through dare-devil jungle trekking to\u003cbr\u003efending off revolutionaries, taking on the opium establishment, playing\u003cbr\u003epolitical games with colonial masters, consorting with opera stars,\u003cbr\u003eracehorses, flashy cars and women (11 wives), build­ing stately palaces and\u003cbr\u003ecastles, and above all, the amassing of enormous personal wealth, a\u003cbr\u003erespectable part of which went to family, friends and needy causes, from\u003cbr\u003eschools to hospitals. Yet, this is no ordinary tale of a towkay who just\u003cbr\u003estruck it rich. Eu Tong Sen stands tall as a man of his age, and also ours,\u003cbr\u003esignalling a future 'Renais­sance Chinese' character that would combine the\u003cbr\u003ebest of many worlds and so produce something quite new In this, Eu Tong Sen\u003cbr\u003ewas a man well before his time. His life was not a footnote to the period\u003cbr\u003eof history he lived in; it was an integral part of the main narrative of\u003cbr\u003ethe lives of the people who called them­selves hua qiao, the Overseas\u003cbr\u003eChinese. This first authoritative biography of Eu Tong Sen is therefore of\u003cbr\u003einterest to both academics and those interested in the dramatic life of an\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary man of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Ilsa Sharp\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: LANDMARK BOOK PTE LTD\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 2008\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thryft x Books for Charity","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":48687008678169,"sku":"HC445.8","price":9.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48687008710937,"sku":"HC445.8","price":8.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":48687008743705,"sku":"HC445.8","price":8.01,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":48687008776473,"sku":"HC445.8","price":7.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/files\/9789814189224-us.jpg?v=1714089296","url":"https:\/\/thryft.sbs\/products\/path-of-the-righteous-crane-1","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}