Ribbons among the Rajahs : a history of British women in India before the Raj
Wheeler, Patrick2017
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Total copies: 1
From the mid-eighteenth century onwards, British women started travelling in any numbers to the East Indies, mostly to accompany husbands, brothers or fathers. Very little about them is recorded from the earlier years, about the remarkable journeys that they made and what drove them to travel those huge distances. Some kept journals, others wrote letters, and for the first time Patrick Wheeler tells their story in this fascinating and colourful history, exploring the little-known lives of these women and their experiences of life in India before the Raj.
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Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2017.
Collation:
246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781473893276 (hbk)1473893275 (hbk)
Dewey class:
954.031 WHE954.031
LC class:
DS469
Language:
English
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BRN:
313673