A Winter in India: Light Impressions of its Cities, Peoples and Customs / Edition 1

by Archibald B. Spens

Overview

A charming travelogue set in the British Raj, A Winter in India presents a fascinating journey across people, customs, languages, cities, monuments, and landscapes. Spens thrilling and amusing anecdotes and multifarious experiences of the rugged Khyber Pass and its tribes, the military history and the Mutiny of 1857 at Kanpur and Lucknow, religi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367176815
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/25/2019
Pages:	295
Sales rank:	960,532
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Archibald B. Spens served as a Captain in the Royal Army Service Corps, 1915 18, and in the 2nd/18th Essex Regiment in 1920. He was made Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919. Including A Winter in India, he was the author of five books.

Peter Robb was Research Professor of the History of India and is Professor Emeritus at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS ),University of London.

Table of Contents

Introduction Peter Robb. List of Illustrations. Preface. Port Said and the Suez Canal. Toussoum. Red Sea. Aden. Umballa. Peshawar and Khyber Pass. Lahore. Amritsar. Simla. Patiala. Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra. Cawnpore. Lucknow. Benares. Delhi. Gwalior. Jaipur. Amber. Bombay.

Editorial Reviews

‘Interesting and relevant … [A Winter in India] sum[s] up a typical British attitude to empire and to India in the early twentieth century. First, … the products of power … secondly, … "duty" and "progress." Third … genuine incomprehension and incompatibility. Finally, … admiration, fascination and affection.’ — Peter Robb

‘[An] entertaining story.’ — The New York Times, 22 February 1914

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