Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire de Alex von Tunzelmann - 2007-09-11

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

McClelland & Stewart, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771087411 . Gift notation on FFEP, otherwise near-fine. DJ flap has price blacked out. ; A bright, solid book, near-fine dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs. ; 9.1 X 6.4 X 1.6 inches; 464 pages; "The last days of the British Raj. The end of empire. The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million people from the British Empire. It was one of the defining moments of world history, but it had been brought about by a tiny group of people. Among them were Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery Indian prime minister with radical plans for a socialist revolution; Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Muslim leader who would stop at nothing to establish the world’s first modern Islamic state; Mohandas 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… Leer más

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 9780771087417 . Tight square unmarked book in crisp dust jacket. ; 9.10 X 6.40 X 1.60 inches; 480 pages .

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Larger 8vo. pp. xvi 1 464 includes b/w illustrations.""Indian Summer depicts the epic sweep of events that ripped apart the greatest empire the world has ever seen, and saw one million people killed and ten million dispossessed. It reveals the secrets of the most powerful players on the world stage: the Cold War conspiracies, the private deals,…

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.