After the Raj: The Last Stayers-On and the Legacy of British India

by Hugh Purcell and Hugh Purcell

Book Overview

As August 1947 approached the British prepared to leave India. While the vast majority of the British left, some stayed on and others who had grown up in India shortly returned. Over the next 60 years they adapted to modern India while always being conscious of their legacy, the inheritance of the Raj. There are only 30 such people left and Hugh Purcell has interviewed ten of them. Each has a remarkable story to tell and a perceptive empathy with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750947861
• ISBN13: 9780750947862
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: History Press (SC)
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"