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Author:
Hillsbery, Kief, author.
Title:
Empire made : my search for an outlaw uncle who vanished in British India / Kief Hillsbery.
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xxiv, 259 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm
Subject:
Halleck, Nigel.
East India Company--Officials and employees--Biography.
Hillsbery, Kief--Family.
Hillsbery, Kief--Travel--Asia.
British--India--Biography.
Great Britain--Social conditions.--Asia--Social conditions.
India--History--19th century.
Uncles--India--Biography.
Gay men--India--Biography.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259).
Contents:
An empire -- An education -- Margalla Pass -- A passage -- A griffin -- Ghazipur -- A safe and prudent distance -- A mosque -- An asiatic Rome -- Patna -- A folly -- A policeman -- A Christian soldier -- Gulzarbagh -- A conquest -- A peace -- Bankipore -- A war -- A giant -- A crossing -- Chandragiri -- A maharaja -- Kathmandu -- A prince -- A welcome -- A showcase -- Tipling -- A lark -- A mutiny -- Rosi Bagh -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -- Lal Durbar -- Now is the waiting -- Stars of tears.
ISBN:
0547443315
9780547443317
OCLC:
(OCoLC)953709984
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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