Wicked Women of the Raj: European Women Who Broke Society Rules and Married Life

by Coralie Younger

Book Overview

Except for the odd woman captured by pirates and sold into a Mughal harem, the first European women to enter India owed their presence to the Portuguese, in the 16th century, and later to the East India Company -- in the expectation that they would marry and provide solace to lonely European traders and merchants. During India's cold weather season, women would sail out from England to India to plunder its plentiful storehouse of bachelors, regardless...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8172234546
• ISBN13: 9788172234546
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"