Indian Summer
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At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the British Empire withdrew from India, inviting in all the exhilaration and turmoil of a newly free society. In this vivid, atmospheric popular history, Alex von Tunzelmann chronicles these times through the most prominent figures: Dickie Mountbatten, Britain's dashing, inept last viceroy; Dickie's savvy, glamorous wife, Edwina, who found the love of her life in Jawaharlal Nehru, India's new prime minister; Muslim leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Mohandas Gandhi. Tunzelman's thrilling chronicle "removes the veil from the colorful personalities and events behind India's independence and partition with Pakistan" (The Washington Post).
- ISBN:
- 9780312428112
- Publication Date:
- 2008-09-30
- Publisher:
- Picador
- Language:
- English
- Page Count:
- 478
- Size:
- 8.26" l x 5.44" w x 0.96" h
- Biography and Memoir
- Political Science