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Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Indian Summer The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Author: Alex Von Tunzelmann
An extraordinary story of romance, history, and divided loyalties--set against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century — The stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, liberated 400 million people from the British Empire. With the loss of India, its greatest colony, Britain ceased to be a superpower, ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312428112
ISBN-10: 0312428111
Publication Date: 9/30/2008
Pages: 448
Edition: First Edition
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Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Interesting when she writes about the history of India, but it's mostly a biography of Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnah and the Mountbattens (the author tends to refer to them by their first names), he seems fascinated by the relationship between Nehru and Mountbatten's wife.


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