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[A review will shortly be posted for this recommended title]
Mountbatten memoir added
* Bennett, Mary
''Who was Dr Jackson? : two Calcutta families, 1830-55''.
London: BACSA, 2002
[A review will shortly be posted for this recommended title]
* Campbell, Christy
''The maharajah's box : an imperial story of conspiracy, love and a guru's prophecy''.
* BennettMountbatten, MaryPamela''Who was Dr Jackson? : two Calcutta families, 1830-55India remembered''.London: BACSAPavilion, 2007 This is a highly unusual perspective on the people and events of India in 1947-48 provided by the diary of the last Viceroy of India's teenage daughter. Now as an elderly woman, Pamela Mountbatten has added explanatory text and a mass of family photographs to present a highly personal picture in which momentous events and great leaders, many of whom became friends of the family, 2002are interspersed with some of the minutiae of life in the Viceroy's vast house and her work at a free clinic and the Allied Forces Canteen. The anecdotes about her pet mongoose with its insatiable appetite for fried eggs are a particular delight. There is the occasional repetition of detail between the commentary and journal entries but this is a minor irritation. As a non-politician's insider's account of the transfer of power this easy to read memoir is recommended. Includes an index and a list of key figures.
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