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Empire made : my search for an outlaw uncle who vanished in British India
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Empire made : my search for an outlaw uncle who vanished in British India
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Physical Description:
xxiv, 259 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"In 1841, twenty-year-old Nigel Halleck set out for Calcutta as a clerk in the East India Company. He went on to serve in the colonial administration for eight years before abruptly leaving the company under a cloud and disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal, never to be heard from again. While most traces of his life were destroyed in the bombing of his hometown during World War II, Nigel was never quite forgotten--the myth of the man who headed East would reverberate through generations of his family. Kief Hillsbery, Nigel's nephew many times removed, embarked on his own expedition, spending decades researching and traveling through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal in the footsteps of his long-lost relation. In uncovering the remarkable story of Nigel's life, Hillsbery beautifully renders a moment in time when the arms of the British Empire extended around the world. Both a powerful history and a personal journey, Empire Made weaves together a clash of civilizations, the quest to discover one's own identity, and the moving tale of one man against an empire."--Jacket.
Contents:
An empire -- An education -- Margalla Pass -- A passage -- A griffin -- Ghazipur -- A safe and prudent distance -- A mosque -- An asiatic Rome -- Patna -- A folly -- A policeman -- A Christian soldier -- Gulzarbagh -- A conquest -- A peace -- Bankipore -- A war -- A giant -- A crossing -- Chandragiri -- A maharaja -- Kathmandu -- A prince -- A welcome -- A showcase -- Tipling -- A lark -- A mutiny -- Rosi Bagh -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -- Lal Durbar -- Now is the waiting -- Stars of tears.
Publication Info:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Subject:
British -- India -- Biography.
Uncles -- India -- Biography.
Gay men -- India -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions.
India -- History -- 19th century
Halleck, Nigel.
Hillsbery, Kief -- Family.
Hillsbery, Kief -- Travel -- Asia.
East India Company -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Hillsbery, Thorn Kief
Governor and Company of Merchants of London, Trading into the East Indies
United Company of Merchants of England, Trading to the East Indies
English East India Company
East India Company (English)
East India Tea Company
East-India Companie
United East India Company
Compagnie des Indes orientales d'Angleterre
Compagnie unie de marchands d'Angleterre commerçans aux Indes orientales
Tung Yin-tu kung ssu
Honourable East-India Company
Sharikat al-Hind al-Sharqīyah al-Barīṭānīyah
Engelse Oost-Indische Maatschappy
Kumpanī-i Hind-i Sharqī
کمپنى هند شرقى
Īsṭa Iṇḍiyā Kampanī
British people
Britishers
Britons (British)
Brits
Gay males
Gay people, Male
Homosexual males
Homosexual men
Homosexuals, Male
Male gay people
Male homosexuals
Urnings
SAILS ISBN:
9780547443317