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MOUNTBATTEN,PAMELA - Foreword by India Hicks : India Remembered: A Personal Account of the Mountbattens During the Transfer of Power

LONDON.PAVILION BOOKS,2007.

ISBN 9781862057593.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped,publisher's price (£25.00) to rear panel of dw/dj. Bright,clean,b/w family portrait photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with white lettering,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major tears - a tiny, closed nick to top edge,towards spine/backstrip's gutter edge of upper panel.Minimal creasing to bottom edge of upper panel, towards spine/backstrip's gutter edge,similar creasing to top, rear edge.Spine/backstrip inevitably,slightly sunned and faded. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,clean and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain taupe cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped white ink letters to spine/backstrip,taupe headband,and immaculate red +white illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-240pp[paginated] includes foreword by India Hicks (author's daughter),author intro+note,Pts 1+2 comprising11 chapters+ epilogue in total,profuse subject-related biographical contemporary photographs throughout the the text and the book, key figures,glossary,an index and acknowledgements,biblio+ picture credits to rear.Plus [unpaginated], half-title+title pages,b/w photographic frntis,contents list/table,Mountbatten family tree. On New Year's Day 1947 Lord Mountbatten was summoned to Downing Street to discover his future role in history - to guide India to independence as the last Viceroy.Travelling from post-war Britain under rationing to the outsized splendour of Viceroy's House in New Delhi,the Mountbatten's leapt straight into their responsibilities.Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, Patel, Baldev Singh and a wealth of Maharajahs all appear in this testament to the biggest challenge faced by a Viceroy - to break the deadlock that existed between the Indian politicians, to try to avert civil war and to achieve an honourable exit for the British.The result was the creation of India and Pakistan on 15th Augst 1947. Lord Mountbatten's seventeen-year-old daughter,Pamela,was taken out of school to accompany her parents to India,and spent the next 15 months recording the birth of two nations alongside her own transition to adulthood.Beside her mother,Edwina,this young woman took on far more responsibility than would normally be required of a girl just finding her feet in the adult world.As an eye-witness,Pamela describes often harrowing scenes, colourful and exotic characters and major historic events,as well as wonderful recollections of her trips around India. 'India Remembered' is a pure evocation of this key period of India and Pakistan's history.Using diary entries and extracts from the meticulously kept family photograph albums as documentary evidence,this book is a brilliantly informative read and a chance to witness first hand a generation of characters whose actions were to change the fate of two nations. Since April 2013,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier weight - just over 1Kg unpackaged - of this item,for correct,insured shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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