An appeal to the ladies of Hyderabad : scandal in the Raj / Benjamin B. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Benjamin B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jang, Fathah Nawaz, 1852-1904.

Jang, Fathah Nawaz.

Donnelly, Ellen Gertrude, 1854-1912.

Donnelly, Ellen Gertrude.

Miscegenation (Racist theory)--India--History--19th century.

Miscegenation (Racist theory).

Scandals--India--History--19th century.

Scandals.

India--Officials and employees--Biography.

India.

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

India--Race relations--History--19th century.

Hyderabad (India : State)--History--19th century.

Hyderabad (India : State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Benjamin Cohen tells the dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals. In the struggle of one couple, he exposes the fault lines that would soon tear a world apart.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on names

Cast of characters

Prologue

1. New Beginnings in Hyderabad

2. A Grand Tour to the Heart of Empire

3. The Pinnacle of Power

4. The Scandal Unleashed

5. The Prosecution's Charge

6. I Have Seen This Lady Before

7. Star Witnesses and a Verdict

8. Pink and Yellow Accusations

9. Turned Adrift

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Illustration credits

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674239227

0674239229

9780674239210

0674239210

OCLC:

1102592939