Palaces of the Raj : magnificence and misery of the Lord Sahibs / Mark Bence-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bence-Jones, Mark., author.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: British in India ; Volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--India--History.

British.

Historic buildings--India.

Historic buildings.

India--Social life and customs.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to Independence, as well as of the houses themselves. The Government Houses were not only buildings on a palatial scale, but were also a background to a way of life that was as full of contrasts as the Raj itself. The author peoples the houses with some of the men and women who lived in them during the course of their history, and in doing so provides a chapter of social history which has not been written before.

Contents:

1. Government house, Madras

2. Government house, Calcutta

3. Barrackpore, Calcutta

4. Parell, Bombay

5. Hyderabad residency

6. Lucknow

7. Poona

8. Simla

9. Government house, Allahabad

10. Government house, Lahore

11. Government house, Naini Tal

12. The Viceroy's house, New Delhi.

Notes:

First published in 1973 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-86694-X

1-315-23206-5

1-351-86693-1

9781315232065

OCLC:

988379581