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INDIAN SUMMER : THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE END OF AN EMPIRE by VON TUNZELMANN, ALEX (Hardcover - 2007) ISBN: 9780805080735 Subject: ASIA Publisher: HENRY HOLT AND CO. 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. Their romance developed alongside Cold War conspiracies, the beginning of a terrible conflict in Kashmir, and an epic sweep of events that saw one million people killed and ten million dispossessed. Indian Summer reveals, in exhilarating detail, how the actions of a few extraordinary people changed the lives of millions and determined the fate of nations. |
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INDIAN SUMMER: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE END OF AN EMPIRE by VON TUNZELMANN, ALEX (Hardcover - 2007) ISBN: 9780743285889 Subject: ASIA Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER UK |
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INDIAN SUMMER: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE END OF AN EMPIRE by VON TUNZELMANN, ALEX (Paperback - 2008) ISBN: 9781416522256 Subject: HISTORY (NON-ASIAN) Publisher: POCKET BOOKS UK 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. |
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INDIAN SUMMER: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE END OF AN EMPIRE by VON TUNZELMANN, ALEX (Paperback - 2008) ISBN: 9780312428112 Subject: ASIA Publisher: PICADOR USA |
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