Palaces of the Raj - Magnificence and Misery of the Lord Sahibs

Informationen zum Autor Mark Bence-Jones Zusammenfassung This book, gives a vivid picture of British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to Independence, as well as of the houses themselves. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Mark Bence-Jones, Bence-Jones Mark
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2017
• EAN: 9781138293366
• ISBN: 978-1-138-29336-6
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: British in India; Routledge Library Editions: British in India
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; British Empire, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, India, Colonialism & imperialism, Palaces, chateaux, country houses, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Architecture: palaces, stately homes and mansions, HISTORY / Asia / South / India