A Winter in India

Light Impressions of its Cities, Peoples and Customs

Archibald B. Spens

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Routledge India
25 April 2019

Literature: history & criticism; Asian history; Cultural studies

A charming travelogue set in the British Raj, A Winter in India presents a fascinating journey across people, customs, languages, cities, monuments, and landscapes. Spens� thrilling and amusing anecdotes and multifarious experiences � of the rugged Khyber Pass and its tribes, the military history and the Mutiny of 1857 at Kanpur and Lucknow, religi

By: Archibald B. Spens
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367176815
ISBN 10: 0367176815
Pages: 295
Publication Date: 25 April 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Peter Robb. List of Illustrations. Preface. Port Said and the Suez Canal. Toussoum. Red Sea. Aden. Umballa. Peshawar and Khyber Pass. Lahore. Amritsar. Simla. Patiala. Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra. Cawnpore. Lucknow. Benares. Delhi. Gwalior. Jaipur. Amber. Bombay.

Archibald B. Spens served as a Captain in the Royal Army Service Corps, 1915�18, and in the 2nd/18th Essex Regiment in 1920. He was made Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919. Including A Winter in India, he was the author of five books. Peter Robb was Research Professor of the History of India and is Professor Emeritus at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS ),University of London.

Reviews for A Winter in India: Light Impressions of its Cities, Peoples and Customs

Interesting and relevant [A Winter in India] sum[s] up a typical British attitude to empire and to India in the early twentieth century. First, the products of power secondly, duty and progress. Third genuine incomprehension and incompatibility. Finally, admiration, fascination and affection. Peter Robb [An] entertaining story. The New York Times, 22 February 1914