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An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad : Scandal in the Raj /
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 t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on names
- Cast of characters
- Prologue
- 1. New Beginnings in Hyderabad
- 2. A Grand Tour to the Heart of Empire
- 3. The Pinnacle of Power
- 4. The Scandal Unleashed
- 5. The Prosecution's Charge
- 6. I Have Seen This Lady Before
- 7. Star Witnesses and a Verdict
- 8. Pink and Yellow Accusations
- 9. Turned Adrift
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration credits
- Index