The Duke of Puddle Dock
Author: Nigel Barley
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Raffles as man of the empire, reforming colonialist and prodigal adventurer. Yet his brief, brilliant career (he died in his forties) ended in virtual penury in north London amid endless squabbles about money with his former employer, East India Company.

 What happened?Who was this complex character who had risen from the back streets of London (where his aunt, in a joking comment on his first efforts at gentility, had nicknamed him' the Duke of Puddle Dock') to a knighthood and a statue in the Abbey? And what is his legacy today in Asia?