In his Foreword to the first volume, Geoff Wade of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies described this projected four volume work as 'the most detailed account ever to be written of the Settlement of Penang in the first thirty years of its existence.' This second volume is divided into seven books, namely
- I - Fort Cornwallis,
- II - Fires in George Town,
- III - The Free School,
- IV - St. George's Church,
- V - The Spice and Botanic gardens,
- VI - The Library and
- VII - Battling the Sea
- 576 pages including a bibliography, index and approximately 130 illustrations and maps.
Weight 2.3kg Post free within Malaysia but will incur additional postage charges when posted elsewhere.
