Birds of passage : the Indian travels of Henrietta Clive
Clive, Henrietta, 1758-18302016
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Place reservation for Birds of passage : the Indian travels of Henrietta CliveHenrietta is a true original. Clever, vivacious, and interested in everything, she managed to balance the demands of high profile public life with that of a caring mother. She was the home-schooled daughter of a bankrupt Earl and more than just a little bit in love with her handsome wayward brother, but had been married off to a plump pudding of a man, the nabob Edward Clive, governor of Madras. And her partial escape was to ride across southern India (in a vast tented caravan propelled by dozens of elephants, camels, and a hundred bullock carts) and write home. For centuries this account, the first joyful description of India by a British woman, remained unread in a Welsh castle.
Main title:
Birds of passage : the Indian travels of Henrietta Clive / Nancy Shields.
Imprint:
London : Eland, 2016.London : Eland, 2016.
Collation:
328 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781780600796 (pbk)
Dewey class:
954.031
Language:
English
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BRN:
1575399
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