| Title | : | Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | Alex Von Tunzelmann |
| Release | : | 2011-08-05 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Biographies & Memoirs |
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| 1 | Indian Summer: The Secret History of the | Alex Von Tunzelmann |
| At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the British Empire withdrew from India, igniting 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). |
