Freedom at Midnight : Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Viceroy's House
by Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
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William Collins, London, 2017. Softcover. Good Condition. Film Tie-in Inspiration for the major film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi and directed by Gurinder Chadha.Seventy years ago, at midnight on 14 August 1947, the Union Jack began its final journey down the flagstaff of Viceroy's House, New Delhi. A fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the greatest empire history has ever seen - but the price of freedom was high, as a nation erupted into riots and bloodshed, partition and war.This is an electrifying and acclaimed account of the dying days of the British Raj and the drama played out between Lord Mountbatten, Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru and Jinnah, as an empire undertook a violent transformation into the new India and Pakistan. 628 pages. Item Type: Film Tie-in. Tanning to pages. Cover edges rubbed. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; History; ISBN/EAN: 9780008247782. Inventory No: 259021. . 9780008247782
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- Title
- Freedom at Midnight : Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Viceroy's House
- Author
- Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0008247781
- ISBN 13
- 9780008247782
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- BZDB43 History; History; Unbranded EAN: 9780008247782 Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre Freedom at Midnight : Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Viceroy's House
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