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• Book Title: Golden Calm: English Ladys Life in Moghul Delhi
• Author: Kaye, M M
• ISBN: 906671191
• Publisher: Webb & Bower
• Year Published: September 29, 1980
• Our Price: £22.00 GBP ($43.56 USD)
• Description: Book Club/ Webb and Bower 1980: hard cover in dust jacket: 217 pages plus index: high quality illustrations in 8 colours throughout. Synopsis: A volume of personal family memoirs presented by M M Kaye : the reminiscences of his Great -Grandmother , Emily Annie Theophila Metcalfe, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, born at Meerut in the North West Provinces of India in 1830 . These reminiscences - edited, and enlarged with the background history of India during the quarter of the century preceding the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, - provide a detailed and fascinating account of a young woman growing to maturity amid the flamboyant finery of the diminishing Mogul Empire. Included are 110 facsimile pages of the “Dehlie Book” compiled by Emily’s father Sir Thomas Metcalfe , a collection of detailed descriptions of the places and personages of the “Imperial Delhie.” In which he lived and illustrated by commissioned artists of the time .Condition: A few unobtrusive small blemishes to front cover ; overall very clean , good and collectable .
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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