Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire - Softcover

Von Tunzelmann, Alex

 
9781416522256: Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1416522255 ISBN 13: 9781416522256
Verlag: Simon & Schuster UK, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation; and Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, the glamorous but unlikely couple who had been dispatched to get Britain out of India without delay. Within hours of the midnight chimes, however, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror.
INDIAN SUMMER depicts the epic sweep of events that ripped apart the greatest empire the world has ever seen, and reveals the secrets of the most powerful players on the world stage: the Cold War conspiracies, the private deals, and the intense and clandestine love affair between the wife of the last viceroy and the first prime minister of free India. With wit, insight and a sharp eye for detail, Alex von Tunzelmann relates how a handful of people changed the world for ever.

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Alex von Tunzelmann read modern history at University College, Oxford, and lives in London. This is her first book.

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Verlag
Simon & Schuster UK
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1416522255
ISBN 13 
9781416522256
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
480
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