At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the British Empire
withdrew from India, inviting in all the exhilaration and turmoil
of a newly free society. In this vivid, atmospheric popular
history, Alex von Tunzelmann chronicles these times through the
most prominent figures: Dickie Mountbatten, Britain's dashing,
inept last viceroy; Dickie's savvy, glamorous wife, Edwina, who
found the love of her life in Jawaharlal Nehru, India's new prime
minister; Muslim leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Mohandas Gandhi.
Tunzelman's thrilling chronicle "removes the veil from the colorful
personalities and events behind Inida's independence and partition
with Pakistan" ("The Washington Post").
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