The Black Hole: Or the Makings of a Legend

by Iris MacFarlane

Who went into the Black Hole of Calcutta? Who came out alive? And does it matter anyway? Historically not at all, but it is perhaps important to try to understand why such an event (of which the known facts are so at variance with the legend) ever assumed such significance and became one of the few things that anyone knows about India. In The Black Hole (originally published in 1975), Iris Macfarlane tries to answer these questions.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032883073
• ISBN13: 9781032883076
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 340 Pages