A Passage to India
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A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the...
Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature
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A fresh perspective on censorship emerges in this elegant history by a superb conjurer of the past....
Eyewitness Accounts: I Was a Tiger Hunter
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'And, as [the tigress] turned her head back, gazing towards the bearers, I aimed at her neck ...and...
Farzana: The Woman Who Saved an Empire
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Amongst the riches of nineteenth century India, as the British fought their way across Mughal...
As it Happens: A Sparkling Adventure Through Life on the Bright Side
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This is a tale of a sheltered and precious upbringing in India, looking at the world through a...
An Unrestored Woman: And Other Stories
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In An Unrestored Woman, the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 cuts a jagged path through the...
Sikunder Burnes: Master of the Great Game
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This is an astonishing true tale of espionage, journeys in disguise, secret messages, double agents,...
Hops and Glory: One Man's Search for the Beer That Built the British Empire
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The original India Pale Ale was pure gold in a glass; a semi-mythical beer specially invented, in...
Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy
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Drawing on the newest historical research and scholarship in the field, Modern South Asia provides...
Birds of Passage: The Indian Travels of Henrietta Clive
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Henrietta is a true original. Clever, vivacious and interested in everything, she managed to balance...