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Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire | 
 enlarge | Author: Alex Von Tunzelmann
Publisher: Pocket Books
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 11082
Media: Paperback
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 1416522255
EAN: 9781416522256
ASIN: 1416522255
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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 A great book about the end of British India May 6, 2008
SJ SMART (London)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
In 2007 a number of books came out about British India, Partition and the end of the Raj. I find this part of history fascinating but couldnt decide when on a limited budget what to read. I picked Indian Summer and was so pleased that i did.
Indian Summer is a great history book, very readable and accessible. it covers all the main historical figures and characters with lots of information and ancedotes about them all.
Nothing new another reviewer said? Personally I did not realise that Lady Mountbatten and Nehru where rumoured to be having an affair (which influenced a lot of decisions made then), that Gandhi's importance had really waned by 1947 and he was deeply unpopular with sections of the Congress party and most untouchables and that he had some unusual ways of testing himself with young women, that Jinnah seemed to regret the foundation of Pakistan and that Bangladesh/East Pakistan had been designed not to work and therefore be rejected by the Muslim League which might explain some of the problems it faces today. I found this book packed with new information and insights. And I teach History!
A truly fascintating read, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Indian history.
 Amusing but nothing new April 22, 2008
Paul Grainger (Hassall Grove, New South Wales Australia)
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
I looked forward to this but on reading this one had the feeling that the author had done little else but read "Freedom at Midnight" and watched the DVD "Lord Mountbatten The Last Viceroy". Sorry.
The Book concentrates on the relationship between Mountbatten, Edwina and Nehru with poor old Jinnah getting the blame again. The only thing new is the admitting that as a military commander Mountbatten was pretty hopeless ramming HMS Kelly into everything thing he could find. As Supreme Commander, his staff spent their time keeping Mountbatten away from the battlefield.
As Viceroy one gains the impression that Mountbatten was just a very handsome, well decorated dummy presiding over something he knew little. Still somehow despite all this he muddled through.
Its one virtue: it is written in an entertaining style.
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