INDIAN SUMMER: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE END OF AN EMPIRE
by VON TUNZELMANN, ALEX;
List Price: HK$ 135.00
¡@ISBN
9781416522256
¡@Subject
HISTORY (NON-ASIAN)
¡@Publisher
POCKET BOOKS UK
¡@Publication
2008
¡@Edition
Paperback
¡@Version
Original
¡@Description
The stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, liberated 400 million people from the British Empire. This defining moment had been brought about by a handful of people. Among them were Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery Indian prime minister; Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the leader of the new Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Mohandas 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. Behind the scenes, a secret personal drama was also unfolding, as Edwina Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru began a passionate love affair.
