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Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire

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Présentation de l'éditeur The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation; and Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, the glamorous but unlikely couple who had been dispatched to get Britain out of India without delay. Within hours of the midnight chimes, however, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror. INDIAN SUMMER depicts the epic sweep of events that ripped apart the greatest empire the world has ever seen, and reveals the secrets of the most powerful players on the world stage: the Cold War conspiracies, the private deals, and the intense and clandestine love affair between the wife of the last viceroy and the first prime minister of free India. With wit, insight and a sharp eye for detail, Alex von Tunzelmann relates how a handful of people changed the world for ever. Revue de presse Here's what Lawrence James, the acclaimed author of Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India, has to say about it: "An engaging, controversial, very lively and, at times, refreshingly irreverent tour de force. Alex von Tunzelmann has written a dramatic story, laced with tragedy and farce, and done so very well. A remarkable debut." ‘Alex von Tunzelmann quotes Stalin’s chilling words: “One death is a tragedy. A million is a statistic.” It’s to her credit, in this fine and engrossing book, that she gives those words the lie. Some of her most powerful chapters are a memorial to horrors beyond our worst imaginings’ Miranda Seymour, Evening Standard 25/6 ‘The prose is lucid and witty, and the pace of the storytelling is sublimely judged, with just the right element of analysis and due attention given to the human foibles of the key players’ Daily Express 13/7 ‘Political intrigue is at the centre of Indian Summer. It is a brisk, enjoyable read...One great strength is her readiness to engage with recent controversy over the role of the last Viceroy, including criticism that Mountbatten was biased in favour of Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, and against Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan’ BBC History Magazine, August issue ‘She has created a compelling narrative, sometimes controversial, occasionally perverse, never boring or unintelligent. It will be interesting to see what she tackles next; there is every reason to hope that it will be well worth reading’ The Spectator 26/7 ‘Indian Summer is surely destined for Hollywood. Equipped with a handsome and flamboyant cast, Alex Von Tunzelmann has already more or less arranged the settings, designed the costumes and provided a script which flits from place to place and from character to character, deftly interweaving private lives with political events in a racy, dramatic and often humorous narrative… [Alex] has been resourceful in research and tells her story with verve and fine judgement in a colourful, virtuoso style’ Literary Review, August issue ‘In this impressive debut, Alex von Tunzelmann sets the drama of Britain’s precipitant retreat from her most highly prized colonial possession, the “Jewel in the Crown?”, against the intrigue which unfolded with the appointment of Earl Mountbatten as the last viceroy- a love triangle involving his countess, Edwina, and the first premier of free India, Jawaharlal Nehru. The author describes this rapidly developing affair, at the height of the crisis sparked by independence, while also emphasising the considerable influence it had on the partition of the subcontinent…this is a timely and provocative account of the division of a subcontinent which is now giving birth to an Asiatic economic boom, as well as proving an epicentre of fundamentalist revolution and jihad – with disturbing parallels with the events of 60 years ago” Independent on Sunday 1 Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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Présentation de l'éditeur The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation; and Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, the glamorous but unlikely couple who had been dispatched to get Britain out of India without delay. Within hours of the midnight chimes, however, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror. INDIAN SUMMER depicts the epic sweep of events that ripped apart the greatest empire the world has ever seen, and reveals the secrets of the most powerful players on the world stage: the Cold War conspiracies, the private deals, and the intense and clandestine love affair between the wife of the last viceroy and the first prime minister of free India. With wit, insight and a sharp eye for detail, Alex von Tunzelmann relates how a handful of people changed the world for ever. Revue de presse Here's what Lawrence James, the acclaimed author of Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India, has to say about it: "An engaging, controversial, very lively and, at times, refreshingly irreverent tour de force. Alex von Tunzelmann has written a dramatic story, laced with tragedy and farce, and done so very well. A remarkable debut." ‘Alex von Tunzelmann quotes Stalin’s chilling words: “One death is a tragedy. A million is a statistic.” It’s to her credit, in this fine and engrossing book, that she gives those words the lie. Some of her most powerful chapters are a memorial to horrors beyond our worst imaginings’ Miranda Seymour, Evening Standard 25/6 ‘The prose is lucid and witty, and the pace of the storytelling is sublimely judged, with just the right element of analysis and due attention given to the human foibles of the key players’ Daily Express 13/7 ‘Political intrigue is at the centre of Indian Summer. It is a brisk, enjoyable read...One great strength is her readiness to engage with recent controversy over the role of the last Viceroy, including criticism that Mountbatten was biased in favour of Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, and against Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan’ BBC History Magazine, August issue ‘She has created a compelling narrative, sometimes controversial, occasionally perverse, never boring or unintelligent. It will be interesting to see what she tackles next; there is every reason to hope that it will be well worth reading’ The Spectator 26/7 ‘Indian Summer is surely destined for Hollywood. Equipped with a handsome and flamboyant cast, Alex Von Tunzelmann has already more or less arranged the settings, designed the costumes and provided a script which flits from place to place and from character to character, deftly interweaving private lives with political events in a racy, dramatic and often humorous narrative… [Alex] has been resourceful in research and tells her story with verve and fine judgement in a colourful, virtuoso style’ Literary Review, August issue ‘In this impressive debut, Alex von Tunzelmann sets the drama of Britain’s precipitant retreat from her most highly prized colonial possession, the “Jewel in the Crown?”, against the intrigue which unfolded with the appointment of Earl Mountbatten as the last viceroy- a love triangle involving his countess, Edwina, and the first premier of free India, Jawaharlal Nehru. The author describes this rapidly developing affair, at the height of the crisis sparked by independence, while also emphasising the considerable influence it had on the partition of the subcontinent…this is a timely and provocative account of the division of a subcontinent which is now giving birth to an Asiatic economic boom, as well as proving an epicentre of fundamentalist revolution and jihad – with disturbing parallels with the events of 60 years ago” Independent on Sunday 1 Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
Editeur
Simon & Schuster
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Broché
Publication
29 mars 2008
Pages
480
Taille
20 x 12.9 x 3 cm
Poids
325
ISBN-13
9781416522256
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