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Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian
(Paperback, New edition)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian
Contributors:
By (Author) John Beames
Publisher:
Eland Publishing Ltd
Imprint:
Eland Publishing Ltd
Publication Date:
28th November 2003
Edition:
New edition
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Autobiography: historical, political and military
Asian history
Dewey:
954.1035092
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
334
Description
These memoirs were discovered in the 1950s when the author's grandson was sifting material for Philip Mason's The Men Who Ruled India. Beames arrived in the sub-continent just after the Mutiny, and stayed for the next thirty-five years. Unlike most diarists of the Victorian Raj, he was completely outspoken and wrote plain lively prose. The result is probably the most vivid description of a District Officer's life in India.
