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An appeal to the ladies of Hyderabad : scandal in the Raj
- Title
- An appeal to the ladies of Hyderabad : scandal in the Raj / Benjamin B. Cohen.
- Author
- Cohen, Benjamin B.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- xv, 347 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm
- Summary
- 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.--
- Subject
- Jang, Fathah Nawaz, 1852-1904
- Donnelly, Ellen Gertrude, 1854-1912
- British Occupation of India (1765-1947)
- 1765-1947
- Miscegenation > India > History > 19th century
- Scandals > India > History > 19th century
- Employees
- Miscegenation
- Race relations
- Scandals
- India > Officials and employees > Biography
- India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
- India > Race relations > History > 19th century
- Hyderabad (India : State) > History > 19th century
- India
- India > Hyderabad (State)
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and index.
- Contents
- New beginnings in Hyderabad -- A grand tour to the heart of empire -- The pinnacle of power -- The scandal unleashed -- The prosecution charge -- I have seen this lady before -- Star witnesses and a verdict -- Pink and yellow accusations -- Turned adrift.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-5544
- ISBN
- 9780674987654
- 0674987659
- LCCN
- 2018045876
- OCLC
- 1059263697
- Author
- Cohen, Benjamin B., author.
- Title
- An appeal to the ladies of Hyderabad : scandal in the Raj / Benjamin B. Cohen.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-331) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1765-1947
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-5544