10 books about india

A Listmania! list by J. M. Edwards "tommydalek" (Croydon, Surrey)
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The Dynasty: Nehru-Gandhi Story (BBC)
1.  The Dynasty: Nehru-Gandhi Story (BBC) by Jad Adams
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  "compelling contemporary history"
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White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India
2.  White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India by William Dalrymple
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  "love story, adventure, greed, sublime narrative history"
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No Full Stops in India
3.  No Full Stops in India by Mark Tully
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  "all the nuances of that strange  hybrid that is indian society seen throught the eyes of a european who was born in india and obviously loves the place"
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Freedom at Midnight
4.  Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins
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  "more history! disturbing and uplifting.  the horror of the bengal famines and the carnage following the aftermath of partition are particulary well evoked"
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India (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
5.  India (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) by Hugh Finlay
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  "indispensable. fat."
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Staying On
6.  Staying On by Paul Scott
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  "awesome fiction.  won the booker prise in 1977.  an old couple come to terms with life after "the raj""
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Burmese Days (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  Burmese Days (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "not about india, but british colonial experience in south asia"
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Calcutta (Travel Library)
8.  Calcutta (Travel Library) by Geoffrey Moorhouse
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  "fine serviceable history of the second city of the empire"
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City Of Joy
9.  City Of Joy by Dominique Lapierre
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  "was a good film but the book is better!"
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A Passage to India
10.  A Passage to India by E M Forster
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  "i must read this book! it looks really good..."
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