An appeal to the ladies of Hyderabad : scandal in the Raj / Benjamin B. Cohen.

Author: Cohen, Benjamin B. author.

ImprintCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Descriptionxv, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Note:New beginnings in Hyderabad -- A grand tour to the heart of empire -- The pinnacle of power -- The scandal unleashed -- The prosecution's charge -- I have seen this lady before -- Star witnesses and a verdict -- Pink and yellow accusations -- Turned adrift.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and index.

Note:Benjamin Cohen tells the dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals. In the struggle of one couple, he exposes the fault lines that would soon tear a world apart.-- Provided by publisher

This item has been checked out 0 time(s)
and currently has 0 hold request(s).