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For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front 1914-18 by Shrabani Basu
$20.00 AUD
Category: War
Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the largest force from the colonies and dominions. Their contribution, however, has been largely forgotten. Many soldiers were illiterate and travelled from remote villages in India to fight in the muddy trenches in France and Flanders. Many ...Show more
Spy Princess by SHRABANI BASU
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, descendant of an Indian Prince Tipu Sultan (the Tiger of Mysore), who became a British secret agent for SOE during World War II. Shrabani Basu tells the moving story of Noor's life, from her birth in Moscow - where her father was a Sufi preacher - to her c ...Show more
The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer by Shrabani Basu
$30.00 AUD
Category: Historical
'Compulsive reading. As readable as any Sherlock Holmes story, this is punctiliously researched history. The bizarre story of Conan Doyle as detective and champion of justice has all the hallmarks of Shrabani Basu's genius - her eye for the telling detail, her gentle wit combined with the killer instinc ...Show more
Victoria & Abdul The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Now a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears.History's most unlikely friendship--this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearest companion, the young Indian Munshi Abdul Karim.In the twilight years of her reign, after the devastating deaths of hertwo g ...Show more
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