The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting In Raj Anne De Courcy Weidenfeld Nicolson Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Adventurous Young Women Who Sailed To India During Raj In Search Of Husbands From Late 19Th Century When Was At Its Height Many Britain\ S Best And Brightest Men Went Out Work As Administrators Soldiers Businessmen With Advent Steam Travel Opening Suez Canal Countless Suffering Lack Eligible Britain Followed Their Wake This Amorphous Band Composed Daughters Returning After English Education Girls Invited Stay Married Sisters Or Friends Yet Others Whose Declared Undeclared Goal Simply Find A Husband They Were Known Fishing Fleet Book Is Story Hitherto Untold For These Often Away Home First Time One Thing Could Be Sure Rollicking Good By Early 20Th Hectic Social Scene Place Dances Parties Amateur Theatricals Picnics Tennis Tournaments Cinemas Gymkhanas Perhaps Tiger Shoot Glittering Dinner Raja\ Palace Thrown Outnumbering Roughly Four Romances Conducted Alarming Speed Marriages Frequent But Honeymoon Life Changed Dramatically: Whisked Off Remote Outpost Few Other Europeans Company Where Constant Vigilance Required Guard Against Disease Found It Far Cry Whirlwind Arrival Anne De Courcy\ Sparkling Narrative Enriched Wealth First-Hand Sources - Unpublished Memoirs Letters Diaries Rescued Attics Which Bring Forgotten Era Vividly Σελίδες: 352 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1029 Διαστάσεις: 12 6X12 6Cm