Sikkim
Subtitle: requiem for a Himalayan kingdom
By: Andrew Duff
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781780272863
Subjects: Politics and government; Kings and rulers; Foreign relations; History
Description: The true story of Sikkim, a tiny Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas that survived the end of the British Empire in India only to be annexed by its neighbour in 1975. Based on interviews, archive research, and the retracing of a journey Andrew Duff's grandfather made in 1922.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-361) and index.