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Sophia Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary

Af: Anita Anand
Kategori: Biography
Kategori nr.: 9030
Varenr.: 3237893
| Stregkode: 9781408835470
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**By the presenter of the hit podcast EMPIRE**'sophia is the sort of remarkable, almost unbelievable untold true story that every writer dreams of chancing upon. A wonderful debut, written with real spirit and gusto. Anita Anand has produced a winner' William Dalrymple'A fascinating and elegantly written life of one of the unknown giants of women's suffrage' Katie Hickman, author of Daughters of BritanniaThe enthralling story of an extraordinary woman and her part in the defining moments of recent British Indian historyWinner of the Eastern Eye Alchemy Festival Award for LiteratureIn 1876 Sophia Duleep Singh was born into royalty. Her father, Maharajah Duleep Singh, was heir to the Kingdom of the Sikhs, a realm that stretched from the lush Kashmir Valley to the craggy foothills of the Khyber Pass and included the mighty cities of Lahore and Peshawar. It was a territory irresistible to the British, who plundered everything, including the fabled Koh-I-Noor diamond. Exiled to England, the dispossessed Maharajah transformed his estate at Elveden in Suffolk into a Moghul palace, its grounds stocked with leopards, monkeys and exotic birds. Sophia, god-daughter of Queen Victoria, was raised a genteel aristocratic Englishwoman: presented at court, afforded grace-and-favour lodgings at Hampton Court Palace and photographed wearing the latest fashions for the society pages. But when, in secret defiance of the British government, she travelled to India, she returned a revolutionary. Sophia transcended her heritage to devote herself to battling injustice and inequality,a far cry from the life to which she was born. Her causes were the struggle for Indian independence, the fate of the Lascars, the welfare of Indian soldiers in the First World War – and, above all, the fight for female suffrage. She was bold and fearless, attacking politicians, putting herself in the front line and swapping her silks for a nurse's uniform to tend wounded soldiers evacuated from the battlefields. Meticulously researched and passionately written, this enthralling story of the rise of women and the fall of empire introduces an extraordinary individual and her part in the defining moments of recent British and Indian history.

Detaljer

  • EAN
    9781408835470
  • Vægt
    386 g
  • Disponent
    Direkte titel
  • Forfatter
    Anita Anand
  • Forlag
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN
    9781408835470
  • Sprog
    Engelsk
  • Sideantal
    456
  • Udgivelsesdato
  • Format
    PAPERBACK
  • Themakode
    DNB, BG, NHB, HBG
  • Kategori
    Biography
  • Kategori nr
    9030
  • Lev. varenr.
    1501
  • Højde/Dybde (mm)
    29 mm
  • Bredde (mm)
    198 mm
  • Længde (mm)
    128 mm