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The Last Prince of Bengal - A Family's Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback (Paperback): Lyn Innes The Last Prince of Bengal - A Family's Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback (Paperback)
Lyn Innes
R341 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Save R64 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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.

The Last Prince of Bengal - A Family's Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback (Hardcover): Lyn Innes The Last Prince of Bengal - A Family's Journey from an Indian Palace to the Australian Outback (Hardcover)
Lyn Innes
R624 R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Save R115 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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, his wife and their descendants, 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; from Bengal tiger hunts to sheep farming in the harsh Australian outback, Lyn Innes recounts her ancestors' extraordinary journey from royalty to relative anonymity. Exposing complex prejudices regarding race, class and gender, this riveting account visits the extremes of British rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is also the intimate story of one family and their place in defining moments of recent Indian, British and Australian history.

Reading the `New' Literatures in a Post-Colonial Era (Hardcover): Susheila Nasta Reading the `New' Literatures in a Post-Colonial Era (Hardcover)
Susheila Nasta; Contributions by A Gurnah, Briar Wood, Bryan Cheyette, Denise deCaires Narain, …
R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Out of stock

Essays on the contribution of African, Caribbean, Asian and diaspora writers to 'English' literature. The 'new' literatures have most commonly been seen as a staging post en route to the current 'post-colonial' era. Yet these literatures and the diverse cultural histories they represent are older than such recent interpretations of them. This collection of essays investigates ways in which we can return to 'reading' these 'new' literatures without falling back on current critical assumptions.

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