{"product_id":"9789814722841","title":"Soul Catcher","description":"\u003cp\u003eMangkunagara I (1726-95) was one of the most flamboyant figures of 18th-century Java.   A charismatic rebel from 1740 to 1757 and one of the foremost military commanders of his age, he won the loyalty of many followers. He was also a devout Muslim of the Mystic Synthesis style, a devotee of Javanese culture and a lover of beautiful women and Dutch gin. His enemies - the Surakarta court, his uncle the rebel and later Sultan Mangkubumi of Yogyakarta and the Dutch East India Company - were unable to subdue him, even when they united against him.   In 1757, he settled as a semi-independent prince in Surakarta, pursuing his objective of as much independence as possible by means other than war, a frustrating time for a man who was a fighter to his fingertips. Professor Ricklefs here employs an extraordinary range of sources in Dutch and Javanese - among them Mangkunagara I's voluminous autobiographical account of his years at war, the earliest autobiography in Javanese so far known - to bring this important figure to life. As he does so, our understanding of Java's devastating civil war of the mid-18th century is transformed and much light is shed on Islam and culture in Java.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NUS PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51320057168146,"sku":"9789814722841","price":96.02,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/3093\/4173\/files\/9789814722841.jpg?v=1774736848","url":"https:\/\/bargainbooks.com.au\/products\/9789814722841","provider":"Bargain Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}