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Dal and Rice

Wendy M Davis author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:22nd Dec '08

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In 1914 Godfrey Davis arrived in India, a junior officer in the Indian Civil Service. He sympathized with the independence movement and shared mutual admiration with Mahatma Gandhi. The author inherited this affection for India and its people. This book chronicles the memories of her childhood and offers a poignant character study of her father.An affectionate portrait of a childhood spent in India during the last days of the British Raj

"Davis is an uncontaminated primary witness to a time for which living witnesses are growing scarce. She has a tough and curious intelligence, and writes with charm and with humour." S.K. Johannesen, professor emeritus of history, University of Waterloo, and author of Sister Patsy

ISBN: 9780773534322

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 412g

224 pages