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Farzana: The Woman Who Saved an Empire

Autor Julia Keay
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 sep 2014
Farzana is an evocative and moving depiction of one of the most remarkable, and least-known, historical lives of the 19th century.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781784530556
ISBN-10: 1784530557
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 8 colour in 8pp plates
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Foreword vii
Prologue 1

PART ONE: MARRIED TO THE REGIMENT
1750-1778

1 Where Passions Rage 13
2 In Between Empires 26
3 The Butcher of Patna 43
4 Enchanted by Her Heroism 62
5 A Home of Their Own 77

PART TWO: DAUGHTER OF THE EMPEROR
1778-1788

6 Steel Beneath the Muslin 95
7 Fit for Service 124
8 Fearless Foreigner 146
9 Violence, Rapine and Barbarity 166
10 Errors of Judgement 189
11 A Gathering Storm 214
12 A Salutory Experience 237

PART THREE: THE ONLY LADY AT THE TABLE
1788-1836

13 A Genius for Majesty 255
14 Best-laid Plans 269
Epilogue 291
Afterword 298

Notes 300
Select Bibliography 320
Index 327