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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Benjamin B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Jang, Fathah Nawaz, > 1852-1904.
Donnelly, Ellen Gertrude, > 1854-1912.
Jang, Fathah Nawaz, > 1852-1904
1765-1947
Miscegenation > India > History > 19th century.
Scandals > India > History > 19th century.
Métissage > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Scandales > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Employees
Miscegenation
Race relations
Scandals
India > Officials and employees > Biography.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
India > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Hyderabad (India : State) > History > 19th century.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India
India > Hyderabad (State)
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • New beginnings in Lucknow and Hyderabad
  • A grand tour to the heart of empire
  • The pinnacle of power
  • The scandal unleashed
  • The prosecution charge
  • I have seen this lady before
  • Star witnesses and a verdict
  • Pink and yellow accusations
  • Turned adrift.

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