Indian Summer The Secret History of the End of an Empire By Alex Von Tunzelmann (Abee)

Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire By Alex Von Tunzelmann (Abee)
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At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the British Empire withdrew from India, inviting in all the exhilaration and turmoil of a newly free society. In this vivid, atmospheric popular history, Alex von Tunzelmann chronicles these times through the most prominent figures: Dickie Mountbatten, Britain’s dashing, inept last viceroy; Dickie's savvy, glamorous wife, Edwina, who found the love of her life in Jawaharlal Nehru, India's new prime minister; Muslim leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Mohandas Gandhi. Tunzelman's thrilling chronicle "removes the veil from the colorful personalities and events behind Inida's independence and partition with Pakistan"

Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Picador; First Edition edition (September 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312428111
ISBN-13: 978-0312428112

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