Freedom at Midnight
Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Viceroy’s House
Dominique Lapierre author Larry Collins author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:23rd Feb '17
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Inspiration for the major film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi and directed by Gurinder Chadha.
Seventy years ago, at midnight on 14 August 1947, the Union Jack began its final journey down the flagstaff of Viceroy’s House, New Delhi. A fifth of humanity claimed their independence from the greatest empire history has ever seen – but the price of freedom was high, as a nation erupted into riots and bloodshed, partition and war.
This is an electrifying and acclaimed account of the dying days of the British Raj and the drama played out between Lord Mountbatten, Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru and Jinnah, as an empire undertook a violent transformation into the new India and Pakistan.
‘Thrilling… staggers the imagination’ Daily Mail
‘A vast and complex canvas… rich in vivid details’ Sunday Times
‘The song of India… illuminated in scenes like a pageant’ Time
ISBN: 9780008247782
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 42mm
Weight: 470g
656 pages
Film tie-in edition