Indian Summer The Secret History of the End of an Empire
by Tunzelmann, Alex Von
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771087411
- ISBN 13
- 9780771087417
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771087411 . Gift notation on FFEP, otherwise near-fine. DJ flap has price blacked out. ; A bright, solid book, near-fine dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs. ; 9.1 X 6.4 X 1.6 inches; 464 pages; "The last days of the British Raj. The end of empire. The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million people from the British Empire. It was one of the defining moments of world history, but it had been brought about by a tiny group of people. Among them were Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery Indian prime minister with radical plans for a socialist revolution; Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Muslim leader who would stop at nothing to establish the worlds first modern Islamic state; Mohandas 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, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror. " .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21232
- Title
- Indian Summer The Secret History of the End of an Empire
- Author
- Tunzelmann, Alex Von
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0771087411
- ISBN 13
- 9780771087417
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- 0771087411, India, nehru, 1947, Raj, pakistan, mahatma gandhi
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; India;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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