Ratu Sir Lala Sukana was the best equipped Fijian leader in the twentieth century,,,In scholarship he was primus inter pares. He graduated from Wadham College, Oxford & was a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple, London, when only a handful of Fijians had even entered secondary school overseas & none had reached university....His university studies were interrupted by the First World War, but he took courage in both hands, crossed the English Chanell & joined the French Foreign Legion. The citations for the award of Medaille Militaire would have qualified him for a Victoria Cross in the British Army, & it left no doubt that he was indeed a hero.... Size: 180mm - 250mm. 220 pages. DJ has a few small chips & tears to the extremities.. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0333306902. ISBN/EAN: 9780333306901. Inventory No: 52775.
Ratu Sir Lala Sukana was the best equipped Fijian leader in the twentieth century,,,In scholarship he was primus inter pares. He graduated from Wadham College, Oxford & was a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple, London, when only a handful of Fijians had even entered secondary school overseas & none had reached university....His university studies were interrupted by the First World War, but he took courage in both hands, crossed the English Chanell & joined the French Foreign Legion. The citations for the award of Medaille Militaire would have qualified him for a Victoria Cross in the British Army, & it left no doubt that he was indeed a hero.... Size: 180mm - 250mm. 220 pages. DJ has a few small chips & tears to the extremities.. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0333306902. ISBN/EAN: 9780333306901. Inventory No: 52775.