The Tears Of The Rajas
Author: Ferdinand Mount
ISBN: 978-1471129452
Price: Rs. 699.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
The Tears of the Rajas is a sweeping history of the British in India, seen through the experiences of a single Scottish family. For a century the Lows of Clatto survived mutiny, siege, debt and disease, everywhere from the heat of Madras to the Afghan snows. They lived through the most appalling atrocities and retaliated with some of their own. Each of their lives, remarkable in itself, contributes to the story of the whole fragile and imperilled, often shockingly oppressive and devious but now and then heroic and poignant enterprise. On the surface, John and Augusta Low and their relations may seem imperturbable but in their letters and diaries they often reveal their loneliness and desperation and their doubts about what they are doing in India.
Browse this title within our Top 100 Books collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 784 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-1471129452.
About the Author
Ferdinand Mount was born in 1939. For many years he was a columnist at the Spectator and then the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times. In between, he was head of the Downing Street Policy Unit and then editor of the Times Literary Supplement. He is now a prize-winning novelist, author of the bestselling memoir Cold Cream and most recently the controversial The New Few. He lives in London.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
- ISBN Reference
- 978-1471129452
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
The Tears of the Rajas is a sweeping history of the British in India, seen through the experiences of a single Scottish family. For a century the Lows of Clatto survived mutiny, siege, debt and disease, everywhere from the heat of Madras to the Afghan snows. They lived through the most appalling...
Who should read this book?
Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love how this book turns grand imperial history into an intimate human story. Through the private letters and diaries of one Scottish family, you experience British India not as an abstract empire but as a place of ambition, fear, moral conflict and survival. It’s vivid, unsettling and deeply moving, revealing both the brutality and fragile heroism of colonial life. If you enjoy history that feels personal, immersive and thought-provoking, this is a deeply rewarding read.
- Published by Simon and Schuster.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 784.
Catalog Description
The Tears of the Rajas is a sweeping history of the British in India, seen through the experiences of a single Scottish family. For a century the Lows of Clatto survived mutiny, siege, debt and disease, everywhere from the heat of Madras to the Afghan snows. They lived through the most appalling atrocities and retaliated with some of their own. Each of their lives, remarkable in itself, contributes to the story of the whole fragile and imperilled, often shockingly oppressive and devious but now and then heroic and poignant enterprise. On the surface, John and Augusta Low and their relations may seem imperturbable but in their letters and diaries they often reveal their loneliness and...
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