Information About
This is the story of the Raffles Hotel, a hundred years all told. It is a history coloured with the names of the famous and glamorous who lived at the hotel, hallmarked by a continuing sybaritic style. It is also the story of the Singapore Sling and the Long Bar, the Palm Court and the Tiffin Room, Cad's Alley and the Billiard Room, all part of the ambience and legends which make Raffles a great hotel.
Additional Details
- Title
- Year of the tiger
- Creators
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- Flower, Raymond, 1921-
- Subject
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- Hotels, taverns--Singapore--History
- Raffles Hotel--History
- Publisher
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- Published for Raffles Hotel by Times Book International, 1986
- National Library Board Singapore, 1986
- Contributors
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- Raffles Hotel
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill., ports.
- Provenance
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- Table of Contents
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- Mr Sarkies comes to town -- Raffles as Conrad and Kipling knew it -- The "Savoy of Singapore" -- The romantic charm of the twenties & thirties -- Syonan Ryokan -- The old style in a new world -- A last link with the past.
- Edition
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- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.