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For King and Another Country

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The first-ever book that tells the personal stories of some of the many Indians who fought and la... Read More

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The first-ever book that tells the personal stories of some of the many Indians who fought and laid down their lives in the Great War.Recreates the War through the lives of the men who fought, through letters, diaries and personal accounts.Shrabani Basu is the author of Victoria and Abdul, Spy Princess and Curry.11 November, Remembrance Day, marks the end of the First World War.For readers of Indian Voices of the Great War edited by David Omissi, Everyday Life on the Western Front by Marguerite Helmers, Gordon Corrigan's Sepoys in the Trenches and all who love Downton Abbey.Shrabani Basu was born in Calcutta, graduated from St Stephen's College, Delhi, and earned her Master's at Delhi University. She has been the London correspondent of Ananda Bazar Patrika group since 1988, writing for Sunday, Ananda Bazar Patrika and The Telegraph. Basu has appeared on several radio and television programmes in the UK including Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 and several documentaries on Queen Victoria, Noor Inayat Khan and curry. She founded the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust in 2010 to campaign for a memorial for the WWII heroine. The memorial was unveiled by Princess Anne in November 2012. She is the author of Curry: The Story of the Nation's Favourite Dish, Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan and Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant.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 went on to win the highest bravery awards. For King and another Country tells, for the first time, the personal stories of some of these Indians who went to the Western Front: from a grand turbanned Maharaja rearing to fight for Empire to a lowly sweeper who dies in a hospital in England, from a Pathan who wins the Victoria Cross to a young pilot barely out of school. Shrabani Basu delves into archives in Britain and narratives buried in villages in India and Pakistan to recreate the War through the eyes of the Indians who fought it. There are heroic tales of bravery as well as those of despair and desperation; there are accounts of the relationships that were forged between the Indians with their British officers and how curries reached the frontline. Above all, it is the great story of how the War changed India and led, ultimately, to the call for independence.The powerful, moving stories of Indian soldiers in the First World War and how the War ultimately led to the call for Indian independence.

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Title: For King and Another Country
Author: Shrabani Basu
SKU: BK0383361
EAN: 9789384052911

About Author

Shrabani Basu is an author and a journalist. She was born in Kolkata and grew up in Dhaka, Kathmandu and Delhi. Her books include Victoria & Abdul: The Extraordinary True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant, now a major motion picture, Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan and For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914-18. In 2010, she set up the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust and campaigned for a memorial for the Second World War heroine, which was unveiled by Princess Anne in London in November 2012.

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