Liberty or Death
  • Published: 17 March 2011
  • ISBN: 9780241950401
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $32.99
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Liberty or Death

India's Journey to Independence and Division

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28 Mar 2011
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17 Mar 2011
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A compelling story of deal-making, missed opportunities, hope and tragedy.

At midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was broken into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, and Britain's role as an imperial power came to an end.

Patrick French's vivid and surprising account of the chaotic final years of colonial rule in India has been acclaimed as the definitive book on this subject. Journeying across India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, he brings to life a cast of characters including spies, idealists, freedom fighters and politicians from Churchill to Gandhi.
  • Published: 17 March 2011
  • ISBN: 9780241950401
  • Imprint: Penguin Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 512
  • RRP: $32.99
Categories:

About the author

Patrick French

Patrick French is the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division; Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land; and Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer. He lives in London, England.

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Praise for Liberty or Death

A remarkable achievement ... a huge, crowded and kaleidoscopic canvas, which the author handles with remarkable authority ... It is also enormous fun to read

Daily Telegraph

A fine, lucid book ... vividly drawn with novel-like touches

Hanif Kureshi

Beautifully written

Sunday Times

French is a natural storyteller ... a delightful tale of intrigue, ham-handedness and just plain blundering

India Today
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