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Maharanis : The Lives And Times Of Three Generations Of Indian Princesses

Maharanis : The Lives And Times Of Three Generations Of Indian Princesses

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Maharanis : The Lives And Times Of Three Generations Of Indian Princesses

by Moore, Lucy

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Viking, 2004. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, VG+/F. xvi+351pp, 16pp b/w plates, 2 b.w maps, index, fore edges spotted, otherwise a fine copy. Biographies of four Indian Pricnesses over the last 150 years, ach playing an important part in the History & Development of India as a country.

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A rare, exotic portrait of the matriarchs of a brilliant Indian familyRanging from the final days of the Raj and the British Empire to the present, Lucy Moore vividly re-creates a splendid lost world and describes India's national growing pains through the sumptuous, audacious lives of four ravishing, influential women of the same family—Sunity Devi, friend to Queen Victoria; Chimnabai, fierce nationalist; Indira, her flamboyant daughter; and Ayesha, her equally fashionable daughter—who fought tirelessly and with incomparable grace to turn an ancient tradition of noblesse oblige into a progressive democracy. BACKCOVER: "Scintillating. Moore revels in every detail—from the elegance of the maharanis' attire, to the complexities of Indian family life and politics, to the trauma and heroism of breaking with tradition."—Booklist (starred review)"A fascinating picture of a vanished world."—Sarah Bradford, author of Lucrezia Borgia

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Maharanis : The Lives And Times Of Three Generations Of Indian Princesses
Author
Moore, Lucy
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used
Edition
1st edition.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0670912875
ISBN 13
9780670912872
Publisher
Viking
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2004
Keywords
ISBN 0670912875, india, indian history, biography,

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