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Publicado por Niyogi Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 938152307XISBN 13: 9789381523070
Librería: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
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Soft cover. Condición: New. Mauger Fitzhugh Monk was born in the British channel island of Guernsey Forced to leave England after a financial scandal he departed for India where under an assumed name he enlisted as a gunner in the East India Company?s 4th Battalion of Artillery He served there as a soldier but soon made his way up to the Himalayan hill station of Mussoorie which had then only recently been established and took up work there; initially as a teacher He argumented his teaching work with various commercial undertakings the failure of which pushed him to the edge of bankruptcy After an extremely eventful career in Mussoorie he finally decided to return to England but sadly died suddenly in 1849 at Meerut He recorded the details of his extraordinary life in India in a long series of letters written to his father and other family members in England between 1828 and 1849 They record his army life in the late 1830?s and then go on to give a fascinating and previously unknown insight into everyday life in Mussoorie and Landour during the 1840?s The collection is an invaluable resource for all who are interested in the social life of 19th century British India and in discovering new aspects of the history of Mussoorie in its very earliest days 255 pp.
Publicado por EDL - Roli & Janssen.
ISBN 10: 2843082935ISBN 13: 9782843082931
Librería: Emile Kerssemakers ILAB, Heerlen, Holanda
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2001, 144pp. Illustré, Cartonnage éditeur, couverture et jaquette illustrées. 31x31cm. Trés bon état.
Publicado por Lustre Press/Roli Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 8174361731ISBN 13: 9788174361738
Librería: Maya Jones Books, Cerrillos, NM, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. GOOD. Head and heel of spine bumped with associated small tears, covers rubbed and worn especially at rear, corners of boards bumped, scuffs to back cover, binding tender throughout, small area of erasure visible on front free endpaper. 144 pp., color illus. Size: Square Folio.