Amritlal Nagar

Broschiertes Buch

Gathering the Ashes

Beschreibung

An unusual perspective on India's first war of independence Most discussions on the sepoy mutiny of 1857 have centred on the roles played in it by the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Begum Hazrat Mahal and other sundry members of mostly urban nobility. What remained missing was a comprehensive ground-zero ...

Autor

Amritlal Nagar (1916-1990) was one of the most prominent Hindi writers of the twentieth century. Often cited as the true literary heir of Premchand he penned over fourteen novels thirteen short-story collections in addition to numerous plays screenplays for Hindi films and books for children. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1967 for his novel Amrit aur Vish and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1981. Mrinal Pande is an Indian television personality and author and former editor of the Hindi Daily Hindustan. She was chairperson of Prasar Bharati from 2010-2014 (April) the apex body of official Indian Broadcast Media. She has authored several books viz. Devi: Tales of the Goddess in our Time Daughter's Daughter That Which Ram Hath Ordained The Subject is Woman My Own Witness The Other Country and 1857: The Real Story of the Great Uprising.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9789351362890
• ISBN-10: 9351362892
• Artikelnr.: 74905227