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The Last Prince of Bengal - A Family's Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback (Paperback)
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The Last Prince of Bengal - A Family's Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback (Paperback)
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Loot Price R276
Discovery Miles 2 760
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The Nawab Nazim was born into one of India's most powerful royal
families. Three times the size of Great Britain, his kingdom ranged
from the soaring Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. However, in 1880,
he was forced to abdicate by the British authorities, who saw him
as a threat and permanently abolished his titles. The Nawab's
change in fortune marked the end of an era in India and left his
secret English family abandoned. The Last Prince of Bengal tells
the true story of the Nawab Nazim and his family as they sought by
turns to befriend, settle in and eventually escape Britain. From
glamourous receptions with Queen Victoria to a scandalous Muslim
marriage with an English chambermaid; and from Bengal tiger hunts
to sheep farming in the harsh Australian outback, Lyn Innes
recounts her ancestors' extraordinary journey from royalty to
relative anonymity. This compelling account visits the extremes of
British rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exposing
complex prejudices regarding race, class and gender. It is the
intimate story of one family and their place in defining moments of
recent Indian, British and Australian history.
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