The Tiger and the Ruby - Kief Hillsbery

The Tiger and the Ruby

A Journey to the Other Side of British India

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
2017
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78607-159-0 (ISBN)
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A beautifully written, personal history as Kief Hillsbery sets out to discover what happened to his ancestor who disappeared in Nepal over 150 years ago
In 1841, Nigel Halleck left Britain as a clerk in the East India Company. He served in the colonial administration for eight years before leaving his post, eventually disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal, never to be heard from again.



A century-and-a-half later, Kief Hillsbery, Nigel’s nephew many times removed, sets out to unravel the mystery. Tracing his ancestor’s journey across the subcontinent, his quest takes him from Lahore to Calcutta, and finally to the palaces of Kathmandu. What emerges is an unexpected personal chapter in the history of the British Empire in India.

Kief Hillsbery is an American writer and Lambda Literary Award nominee. He has published two novels – War Boy and What We Do Is Secret – and teaches creative writing at Columbia University. He lives in Brooklyn and Maine.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 153 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Asien
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-78607-159-2 / 1786071592
ISBN-13 978-1-78607-159-0 / 9781786071590
Zustand Neuware
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