The Orchid House Art Smuggling and Appointments in India and Afghanistan

by Clark Worswick

Book Overview

During the 1960s, India came into its own as . . . the place to be. In Istanbul, Tehran, and Kabul, the fabulous freaks gathered for their final push to India. Once there, a whole new world awaited . . . Like the subject of Downton Abbey this book is also a journey into a life and British Empire that has vanished. It was a period of 564 Indian princes, of gigantic palaces, of British armies and native kingdoms, set in a landscape that has disappeared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0996928049
• ISBN13: 9780996928045
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Midnight LLC
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"