Indian summer : the secret history of the end of an empire / Alex von Tunzelmann.

• A tryst with destiny -- Part 1: Empire. In their gratitude our best reward ; Mohan and Jawahar ; Civis britannicus sum ; Dreaming of the east ; Private lives ; We want no Caesars ; Power without responsibility ; A new theater ; Now or never -- Part 2: The end. Operation madhouse ; A barrel of gunpowder ; Lightning speed is much too slow ; A full basket of apples ; A rainbow in the sky -- Part 3: The beginning. Paradise on earth ; The battle for Delhi ; Kashmir ; Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow -- Part 4: Afterward. A kiss good-bye ; Echoes -- A note on names -- Glossary.

• A chronicle of "the last days of the empire through the brilliant and flawed characters at the center of it all: Dickie Mountbatten, Britain's dashing, inept last viceroy; Dickie's savvy, glamourous wife, Edwina, who found the love of her life in Jawaharlal Nehru, India's new prime minister; Muslim leader Mohammad Ali Jinnah; and Mohandas Gandhi"--P. [4] of cover. 

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