Daughters of the empire: a memoir of life and times in the British raj

By:

Macfarlane, Iris

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2006Description: xxxix,105p., hbISBN:

9780195678123

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.4092 MAC

Summary: The book tells of four generations of British women in India and Burma. By supporting their husbands they held together the greatest Empire on earth, to their private cost and pain. Based on a very rich collection of letters, diaries, and photographs, it is a story of class, snobbery, racism, but also suffering and courage, told in a brilliant and moving way.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Gratis Resources	Plaksha University Library	Social Science	305.4092 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		G000220

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The book tells of four generations of British women in India and Burma. By supporting their husbands they held together the greatest Empire on earth, to their private cost and pain. Based on a very rich collection of letters, diaries, and photographs, it is a story of class, snobbery, racism, but also suffering and courage, told in a brilliant and moving way.

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