Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Alex von Tunzelmann
Oct 2012 · Simon and Schuster
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The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; 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 without delay. Within hours of the midnight chimes, however, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror.
INDIAN SUMMERdepicts the epic sweep of events that ripped apart the greatest empire the world has ever seen, and reveals the secrets of the most powerful players on the world stage: the Cold War conspiracies, the private deals, and the intense and clandestine love affair between the wife of the last viceroy and the first prime minister of free India. With wit, insight and a sharp eye for detail, Alex von Tunzelmann relates how a handful of people changed the world for ever.
INDIAN SUMMERdepicts the epic sweep of events that ripped apart the greatest empire the world has ever seen, and reveals the secrets of the most powerful players on the world stage: the Cold War conspiracies, the private deals, and the intense and clandestine love affair between the wife of the last viceroy and the first prime minister of free India. With wit, insight and a sharp eye for detail, Alex von Tunzelmann relates how a handful of people changed the world for ever.
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D.C. Shukla
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June 5, 2020
If you are a book lover and enjoy historical read, then it can be a good choice for you. The flow of story and the description of characters involved is something which attracts the reader a lot. The language style floats in the middle of medium and difficult level but meanwhile meaning to be derived from the context is lucid and quite easy. Being a curious reader of historical artefacts and a book lover, I enjoyed the journey of mine with this book a lot.
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Mahesh Kulkarni
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December 20, 2014
I'm getting "error retrieving from server " message when I try to purchase this book...please fix...I cannot wait more to buy this book
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Sreejith Kerala
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January 31, 2015
Nice
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About the author
Alex von Tunzelmann lives in London. She read history at University College, Oxford, and afterwards worked as a researcher on books for authors including Jeremy Paxman, Felicity Lawrence, John Kay and Alison Wolf. Her first book, Indian Summer, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2007.
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