THE RAJ: AN EYE-WITNESS HISTORY OF THE BRITISH IN INDIA
Written by Roger Hudson, Raleigh Trevelyan
Published by Folio Society
in 1999
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THE RAJ: AN EYE-WITNESS HISTORY OF THE BRITISH IN INDIA
Written by Roger Hudson, Raleigh Trevelyan.
Stock no. 1830271
1st thus.
1999.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Edited by Hudson with an introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan. Red pictorial boards with gilt decorations and title blocks. Colour illustrations. Top edge red. xlvi and 648 pages including index. Top of inner spine coming away from outer spine (usual with Folio Society items). Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 The Early Days of the East India Company 1600-1760
- 2 Shaking the Pagoda Tree 1780-1810
- 3 Impressions of an Ancient Land 1805-1838
- 4 Noondays' Children 1834-1838
- 5 Two Sisters in Calcutta 1836-1837
- 6 Visits to the Himalayas: the Lion of the Punjab 1837-1841
- 7 The Sind Campaign, the Sikh Wars and the Kingdom of Oudh 1842-1850
- 8 The Mutiny: the Assault on Delhi 1857
- 9 The Mutiny: Futtergurh and Gwalior, 'the Little House at Arrah' and Cawnpore 1857
- 10 The Mutiny: Lucknow RElieved and Retaken 1857-1858
- 11 The Competition Wallah and the Bengal Cviilian 1862-1873
- 12 Humorous and Picturesque 1873-1890
- 13 East is East and West is West 1880s-1900s
- 14 A Loss of Confidence 1903-1930
- 15 Recessional 1930-1947
- Glossary
- Sources
- Index