The Tears of the Rajas
Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905
$45.66
- Paperback
784 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2016
Summary
A #1 international bestseller, this “epic and remarkable” sweeping history of the British in India as seen through the experiences of a single Scottish family is destined to become a classic.
For a century, the Lows of Clatto—the family of the author’s grandmother—survived mutiny, siege, debt, and disease, everywhere from the heat of Madras to the Afghan snows. They lived through appalling atrocities and retaliated with some of their own. Each of their lives, remarkable in itself, con…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781471129469 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1471129462 |
| Author: | Ferdinand Mount |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 784 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2016 |
| Weight: | 581g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 51mm |
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About The Author
Ferdinand Mount
Ferdinand Mount was born in 1939. For many years he was a columnist at the Spectator and then the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times. In between, he was head of the Downing Street Policy Unit and then editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He is now a prize-winning novelist, author of the bestselling memoir Cold Cream, the controversial The New Few and the bestselling The Tears of the Rajas. He lives in London.
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