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For King and another Country tells, for the first time, the personal stories of some of these Indians who went to the Western Front: from a grand turbanned Maharaja rearing to fight for Empire to a lowly sweeper who dies in a hospital in England, from a Pathan who wins the Victoria Cross to a young pilot barely out of school.
Shrabani Basu delves into archives in Britain and narratives buried in villages in India and Pakistan to recreate the War through the eyes of the Indians who fought it. There are heroic tales of bravery as well as those of despair and desperation; there are accounts of the relationships that were forged between the Indians with their British officers and how curries reached the frontline. Above all, it is the great story of how the War changed India and led, ultimately, to the call for independence.
For King and another Country tells, for the first time, the personal stories of some of these Indians who went to the Western Front: from a grand turbanned Maharaja rearing to fight for Empire to a lowly sweeper who dies in a hospital in England, from a Pathan who wins the Victoria Cross to a young pilot barely out of school.
Shrabani Basu delves into archives in Britain and narratives buried in villages in India and Pakistan to recreate the War through the eyes of the Indians who fought it. There are heroic tales of bravery as well as those of despair and desperation; there are accounts of the relationships that were forged between the Indians with their British officers and how curries reached the frontline. Above all, it is the great story of how the War changed India and led, ultimately, to the call for independence.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781408880111 |
| ISBN-10: | 1408880113 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Basu, Shrabani |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Maße: | 198 x 128 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Shrabani Basu |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.06.2016 |
| Gewicht: | 0,207 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781408880111 |
| ISBN-10: | 1408880113 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Basu, Shrabani |
| Hersteller: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Maße: | 198 x 128 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Shrabani Basu |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.06.2016 |
| Gewicht: | 0,207 kg |
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