An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad Scandal in the Raj

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Synopsis

Benjamin Cohen tells the dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals. In the struggle of one couple, he exposes the fault lines that would soon tear a world apart.

Book details

Author:
Benjamin B. Cohen
ISBN:
9780674239227
Related ISBNs:
9780674987654
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-04-25
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2019
Copyright by:
Harvard University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Social Studies