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100 1 _aVon Tunzelmann, Alex,
_d1977-
245 1 0 _aIndian summer :
_bthe secret history of the end of an empire /
_cAlex von Tunzelmann.
260 _aLondon :
_bPocket,
_c2008.
300 _ax, 464 pages, [16] pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c20 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aOriginally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
504 _aFilmography.
520 _a"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."--Page 2 of cover.
505 0 _aA tryst with destiny -- In their gratitude our best reward -- Mohan and Jawahar -- Civis britannicus sum -- Dreaming of the east -- Private lives -- We want no Caesars -- Power without responsibility -- A new theater -- Now or never -- Operation madhouse -- A barrel of gunpowder -- Lightning speed is much too slow -- A full basket of apples -- A rainbow in the sky -- Paradise on earth -- The battle for Delhi -- Kashmir -- Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow -- A kiss good-bye -- Echoes.
600 1 0 _aNehru, Jawaharlal,
_d1889-1964.
600 1 0 _aMountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten,
_cEarl,
_d1900-1979.
600 1 0 _aMountbatten of Burma, Edwina Ashley Mountbatten,
_cCountess,
_d1901-1960.
600 1 7 _aMountbatten of Burma, Edwina Ashley Mountbatten,
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600 1 7 _aMountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten,
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600 1 7 _aNehru, Jawaharlal,
_d1889-1964.
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655 7 _aHistory
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655 7 _aBiography.
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