She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen
British Women in India
$40.89
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
24 February 2020
Summary
‘Sharply observed, snappily written and thoroughly researched, SHE MERCHANTS provides a fabulous panorama of a largely ignored area of social history. Katie Hickman successfully challenges the stereotype of the snobbish, matron-like memsahib by deploying a riveting gallery of powerful and often eccentric women ranging from stowaways and runaways through courtesans and society beauties to Generals’ feisty wives and Viceroys’ waspish sisters. It is full of surprises and new material and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349008271 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349008272 |
| Author: | Katie Hickman |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 24 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 36mm |
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Absolutely brilliant … remarkable women, until now almost unknown. I was so gripped I couldn’t put it down
Absolutely brilliant … remarkable women, until now almost unknown. I was so gripped I couldn’t put it down
Goes beneath the surface of imperial male history … a cast of extraordinary women. WonderfulSharply observed, snappily written and thoroughly researched, She Merchants provides a fabulous panorama of a largely ignored area of social history. Katie Hickman successfully challenges the stereotype of the snobbish, matron-like memsahib by deploying a riveting gallery of powerful and often eccentric women ranging from stowaways and runaways through courtesans and society beauties to Generals’ feisty wives and Viceroys’ waspish sisters. It is full of surprises and new material and completely engaging from beginning to endAbsolutely brilliant … remarkable women, until now almost unknown. I was so gripped I couldn’t put it downGoes beneath the surface of imperial male history … a cast of extraordinary women. WonderfulFascinating … I was swept along by Hickman’s concise chapters and her crisp, wry style - The TimesAbout The Author
Katie Hickman
Katie Hickman is the author of nine previous books, including two bestselling works of non-fiction, Daughters of Britannia - in the Sunday Times bestseller lists for ten months and a twenty-part series for BBC Radio 4 - and Courtesans. She has also written a trilogy of historical novels - The Aviary Gate, The Pindar Diamond and The House at Bishopgate - which between them have been translated into twenty languages. Her other books include two highly acclaimed travel books. Travels with a Mexican Circus (originally published as A Trip to the Light Fantastic) was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, and was one of the Independent’s Books of the Year. Her history of British women in pre-Raj India, She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen, was published in 2019. Born into a diplomatic family, Katie Hickman had a peripatetic childhood, growing up in Spain, Ireland, Singapore and South America. She lives in London on a converted barge on the River Thames.
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