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Indira by Katherine Frank

The definitive and first non-partisan biography of one of the most formidable political figures of the 20th-century (voted Woman of the Millennium in a BBC poll, 2000)

‘A stunning biographyIndira Gandhi was voted Woman of the Millennium, and yet her story is of a woman pushed into the public eye by men, corrupted by power and assassinated by those she should have trusted best – her own bodyguards.’ Jenni Murray, Sunday Times

‘Well researched, convincing and impressively fair to its subject.’ Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph

‘A fascinating account of how an unpromising, if privileged, girl came to lead the world's largest democracy. Anyone who wants to get to the heart of this extraordinary woman (and the extraordinary country which she mothered, cajoled and eventually came to embody), could not do better than read this accomplished book.’ Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday

‘Moving and revealing.’ Victoria Schofield, Financial Times

‘An important study…compelling and humanly sympathetic.’ Sunil Khilnani, Sunday Telegraph

‘An excellent biography.’ Geoffrey Moorhouse, Guardian

‘A fascinating, rigorous highly readable study.’ Caroline Macdonald, Scotsman

Katherine Frank, who was born and educated in the United States, is the author of three acclaimed biographies, of Lucie Duff Gordon, Emily Bronte and Mary Kingsley. She has taught at universities in West Africa and the Middle East as well as Britain. During six years of researching and writing Indira she spent extended periods in India. She now lives in England.

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ISBN 13 9780006387152
ISBN 10 0006387152
Title Indira
Author Katherine Frank
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2002-04-15
Number of pages 592
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.