PLAIN TALES FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE gathers together Charles Allen’s best loved books on the British experience across the Empire: PLAIN TALES FROM THE RAJ, TALES FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS and TALES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT. These vivid stories and recollections give an evocative and unique glimpse into the lost days of the Empire across India, Africa and the territories fringing the South China Sea.
'A hugely valuable record of colonial life in India, Africa and the Far East -- intimate, vivid and immensely enjoyable'
Antonia Fraser
'A lovely and compelling account of what India meant to the British between 1900 and 1947 . . . One of the Best'
- The Times
- 'Both a guide and an entertaining companion . . . humour, drama and touches of regret fill its pages' MAIL ON SUNDAY
- TALES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT: ‘A rich treasure-house of Empire’ SPECTATOR
- TALES FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS: ‘Evocative, nostalgic . . . brings vividly to life a vanished colonial world’ SUNDAY EXPRESS
Paperback:
£14.99
Published 24/01/2008
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