Description: CHARLOTTE CANNING WAS THE WIFE OF CHARLES CANNING, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA DURING THE FIRST SEPOY UPRISING (1857),KNOWN IN BRITAIN AS THE INDIAN MUTINY. HER JOURNALS, PAINTINGS AND LETTERS ENDED UP IN THE POSSESSION OF THE EARLS OF HAREWOOD. THE PRESENT EARL WROTE THE FOREWORD TO THIS BOOK AND ALLOWED THE RENOWNED WRITER ON ALL THINGS INDIAN, CHARLES ALLEN, ACCESS TO THE JOURNALS AND PAINTINGS SHE PRODUCED. SHE ALSO WROTE REGULARLY TO QUEEN VICTORIA, WHO ENJOYED HER LETTERS AND WROTE BACK. EXERPTS FROM BOTH SETS OF LETTERS FEATURE IN THIS BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED VOLUME. 1986. 1ST. MAP ENDPAPERS. 170 PAGES. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, COLOUR AND BLACK & WHITE. FORWARD BY LORD HAREWOOD. HEAVY BOOK, 900 Gms. I AM DOWNSIZING MY LIBRARY OWING TO ISSUES OF SPACE. POSTAGE IN UK: £2. 50. SECURE, RECYCLED PACKAGING. 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS.
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: LONDON
Non-Fiction Subject: JOURNALS OF THE WIFE OF THE GOV.-GENERAL OF INDIA
Shape: Rectangle
Publisher: MICHAEL JOSEPH
Modified Item: No
Weight: 900 GRAMMES
Year Printed: 1986
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: CHARLOTTE, LADY CANNING
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: INDIA
Author: CHARLES ALLEN
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
