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The Letters of Warren Hastings to His Wife

The Letters of Warren Hastings to His Wife

Sydney C Grier

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Historical FiguresLiterary CriticismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353604397
ISBN13: 9789353604394
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 506
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Power, ambition, exile, devotion: Warren Hastings wrote of them not for history, but for his wife. These are intimate, unguarded letters. From the heart of late 18th century India, the future Governor-General of Bengal shows the world of the East India Company as he lived it: long marches, political intrigues, remote stations and a fragile home life far away. Collected and introduced by Sydney C. Grier, this historical letters collection follows a colonial administrator personal life alongside the rise of the British empire in India, turning colonial India correspondence into eighteenth century memoir letters, composed in real time and never meant for public eyes. For readers of William Dalrymple and fans of British Raj history, Hastings's candid voice becomes a primary source for researchers and a vivid history students resource, illuminating everyday textures of the Bengal British colonial period and the realities of East India Company governance. These pages offer rare, humane insight into power, loyalty and longing at the edge of empire, and speak as strongly to the casual reader as to the serious historian or collector. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Carefully prepared in a modern edition, The Letters of Warren Hastings to His Wife preserves the spirit of the original volume while making its colonial India correspondence effortless to enjoy today, a classic of late 18th century India returned to circulation.

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