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The last prince of Bengal, a family's journey from an Indian palace to the Australian Outback, Lyn Innes

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The last prince of Bengal, a family's journey from an Indian palace to the Australian Outback, Lyn Innes

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-242) and index

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contains biographical information

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

The last prince of Bengal

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bibliography

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1273671993

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Lyn Innes

Sub title

a family's journey from an Indian palace to the Australian Outback

Summary

"The Nawab Nazim was born into one of India's most powerful royal families. Three times the size of Great Britain, his kingdom ranged from the soaring Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. However, the Nawab was seen as a threat by the British authorities, who forced him to abdicate in 1880 and permanently abolished his titles. The Nawab's change in fortune marked the end of an era in India and left his secret English family abandoned. The Last Prince of Bengal tells the true story of the Nawab Nazim and his family as they sought by turns to befriend, settle in and eventually escape Britain. From glamourous receptions with Queen Victoria to a scandalous Muslim marriage with an English chambermaid; and from Bengal tiger hunts to sheep farming in the harsh Australian outback, Lyn Innes recounts her ancestors' extraordinary journey from royalty to relative anonymity. This compelling account visits the extremes of British rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exposing complex prejudices regarding race, class and gender. It is the intimate story of one family and their place in defining moments of recent Indian, British and Australian history."--Amazon

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note:, Part I, ch. 1, A Prince in Name, 1838 -- 1848, ch. 2, Money, Power and Politics, 1849-1859, ch. 3, Passage from India, 1859-1869, ch. 4, A Cinderella Story, 1852-1870, ch. 5, Battling Parliament and the Press, 1869-1873, ch. 6, The Nawab's English Family, 1871-1881, ch. 7, Leaving England, 1880-1884, Part II, ch. 8, Sarah's Fight, 1885-1925, ch. 9, Royal Bohemians, 1907-1914, ch. 10, Weathering the War, 1914-1919, ch. 11, Writing for a Living, 1920-1925, ch. 12, Farming Down Under, 1925-1927, ch. 13, Divided Families, 1927-1941

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