Indian summer
Subtitle: the secret history of the end of an empire
By: Alex von Tunzelmann
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781416522256
Subjects: Biography; History
Description: "The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation; and Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, the glamorous but unlikely couple who had been dispatched to get Britain out of India without delay. Within hours of the midnight chimes, however, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror."--Page 2 of cover.
Notes: Originally published: London: Simon & Schuster, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Filmography.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: ix; title: Maps
pagenum: xii; title: Prologue: A Tryst With Destiny
pagenum: 1; label: Part I
title: Empire; label: 1
title: In Their Gratitude Our Best Reward
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Mohan and Jawahar
pagenum: 21; label: 3
title: Civis Britannicus Sum
pagenum: 40; label: 4
title: Dreaming of the East
pagenum: 54; label: 5
title: Private Lives
pagenum: 71; label: 6
title: We Want No Caesars
pagenum: 84; label: 7
title: Power Without Responsibility
pagenum: 107; label: 8
title: A New Theatre
pagenum: 123; label: 9
title: Now or Never
pagenum: 137; label: Part II
title: The End; label: 10
title: Operation Madhouse
pagenum: 161; label: 11
title: A Barrel of Gunpowder
pagenum: 181; label: 12
title: Lightning Speed is Much Too Slow
pagenum: 197; label: 13
title: A Full Basket of Apples
pagenum: 212; label: 14
title: A Rainbow in the Sky
pagenum: 227; label: Part III
title: The Beginning; label: 15
title: Paradise on Earth
pagenum: 247; label: 16
title: The Battle for Delhi
pagenum: 265; label: 17
title: Kashmir
pagenum: 283; label: 18
title: Maybe Not Today, Maybe Not Tomorrow
pagenum: 305; label: Part IV
title: Afterwards; label: 19
title: A Kiss Goodbye
pagenum: 333; label: 20
title: Echoes
pagenum: 353; title: Notes
pagenum: 373; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 427; title: A Note on Names
pagenum: 441; title: Glossary
pagenum: 443; title: Index
pagenum: 447