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Hillsbery, Kief.
Subjects
Halleck, Nigel.
Hillsbery, Kief -- Family.
Hillsbery, Kief -- Travel -- Asia.
East India Company -- Biography.
British -- India -- Biography.
Uncles -- India -- Biography.
Gay men -- India -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions.
India -- History -- 19th century.
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Hillsbery, Kief.
Halleck, Nigel.
Hillsbery, Kief -- Family.
Hillsbery, Kief -- Travel -- Asia.
East India Company -- Biography.
British -- India -- Biography.
Uncles -- India -- Biography.
Gay men -- India -- Biography.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions.
India -- History -- 19th century.
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Empire made : my search for an outlaw uncle who vanished in
British
India
/ Kief Hillsbery.
by
Hillsbery, Kief.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Call #:
954.031 H655e
Subjects
Halleck, Nigel.
Hillsbery, Kief
--
Family.
Hillsbery, Kief
--
Travel
--
Asia.
East
India
Company
--
Biography
.
British
--
India
--
Biography
.
Uncles
--
India
--
Biography
.
Gay men
--
India
--
Biography
.
Great Britain
--
Colonies
--
Asia
--
Social conditions.
India
--
History
--
19th century.
ISBN:
9780547443317 (hc.)
Description:
xxiv, 259 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259).
Contents:
An empire
--
An education
--
Margalla Pass
--
A passage
--
A griffin
--
Ghazipur
--
A safe and prudent distance
--
A mosque
--
An asiatic Rome
--
Patna
--
A folly
--
A policeman
--
A Christian soldier
--
Gulzarbagh
--
A conquest
--
A peace
--
Bankipore
--
A war
--
A giant
--
A crossing
--
Chandragiri
--
A maharaja
--
Kathmandu
--
A prince
--
A welcome
--
A showcase
--
Tipling
--
A lark
--
A mutiny
--
Rosi Bagh
--
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
--
Lal Durbar
--
Now is the waiting
--
Stars of tears.
Summary:
"The story of a 19th-century English gentleman in
British
India--a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned. In 1841, twenty-year-old Nigel Halleck set out for Calcutta as a clerk in the East
India
Company. He served the colonial administration for eight years before abruptly leaving the company under a cloud and disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal, never to be heard from again. While most traces of his life were destroyed in the bombing of his hometown during World War II, Nigel was never quite forgotten--the myth of the man who headed East would reverberate through generations of his family. Kief Hillsbery, Nigel's nephew many times removed, embarked on an expedition, traveling through
India
, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal in the footsteps of his long-lost relation. In uncovering the remarkable story of Nigel's life, Hillsbery beautifully renders a moment in time when the arms of the
British
Empire extended around the world. Empire Made weaves together a clash of civilizations, the quest to discover one's own identity, and the moving tale of one man against an empire"--Provided by publisher.
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