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Part One: The Family That Stole Malaysia

Behind the Bastards

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I Feel the Errorsomeness of Civilized Society Greater Than Ever and Its Bond Will Not Hold Me Long

In the early 1800s, British naval discipline was held up with what Winston Churchill later described as rum, sodomy and the lash. James knew very little about boats or the nautical life, but he insisted on being in command over the venture even though he'd hired a perfectly good captain. He eventually sold their cargo for a massive loss in Macau and sailed back to England of failure. But he was still a rich failure because his parents are were itch and his parents also had no desire to chastise him for his fuck ups.

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