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Maharanis : the extraordinary tale of four Indian queens and their journey from purdah to parliament / Lucy Moore.
Van Pelt Library DS480.45 .M6327 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moore, Lucy, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Queens--India--Biography.
- Queens.
- History.
- India--History--20th century--Biography.
- India.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2005.
- Summary:
- Tracing larger-than-life-characters, Moore creates a vivid picture of an emerging modern, democratic society in India and the tumultuous period of imperialism from which it arose in this study of four Indian queens and their journey from Purdah to Parliament.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-332) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670033685
- OCLC:
- 56329450
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