LIBERTY OR DEATH

by PATRICK FRENCH,

ISBN:	9780006550457
Book Name:	LIBERTY OR DEATH
Author:	PATRICK FRENCH,
Publisher:	FLAMINGO/HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
Edition:	FIRST
Language:	English
Binding:	Paper Back
Publish Year:	1998
Total Pages:	352
Availablity:	Only 2 Left in Stock

NPR 792.00

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‘A remarkable achievement’ Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph ‘Brilliant…There can be no doubt that Patrick French is the most impressive Western historian of modern India currently at work’ Frank McLynn, Glasgow Herald At midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain’s 350-year-old Indian Empire cracked into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, over a million being massacred on the way. Britain’s role as world power came to an end, and the course of Asia’s future was irrevocably set. Using a compelling mixture of scholarship, travel and personal narrative, Patrick French offers a radical reinterpretation of the events surrounding India’s independence and partition, including the disastrous mistakes made by politicians, and the bizarre reasoning behind many of their decisions. Exploring the interplay between characters such as Churchill, Mountbatten and Gandhi, it reveals a fascinating tale of idealism and manipulation, hope and tragedy. With sources ranging from newly declassified secret documents to the memories of refugees, Patrick French gives a riveting account of an epic debacle, the impact of which reverberates across Asia to this day.

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