“Trouble-strewn India was no longer a rich source of career opportunities for English graduates of Oxford and Cambridge, who for decades had taken Indian civil service exams, headed east on Peninsula & Orient steamers to make their fortunes in Bengal,… — Stanley Wolpert Copy Share Image
An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging. — Stanley Wolpert Copy Share Image
Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a… — Stanley Wolpert Copy Share Image
The plan to carve up British India was never approved of or accepted by Gandhi...who realised too late that his closest comrades and disciples… — Stanley Wolpert Copy Share Image
“Trouble-strewn India was no longer a rich source of career opportunities for English graduates of Oxford and Cambridge, who for decades had taken Indian… — Stanley Wolpert Copy Share Image
