{"product_id":"india-be-damned-book-peter-popham-9781788692717","title":"India be Damned","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn epic thriller set in India during the last days of the British Raj.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndia Be Damned\u003c\/em\u003e traces the fate of a group of Indians and foreigners who are ripped from their moorings by the first murderous months of independence, their long-held certainties shattered.\u003cem\u003eVandana Singh shook a cigarette from her bag, leaned into the candle flame and exhaled a long plume of smoke. Don't be silly, Fred, she said. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere does 'silly' come into it? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFred dear, you're British. The Raj is dying on its feet. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy is this a problem? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou people are in power, she explained gently. Outrageous though it seems, you've been in power here for centuries. What do you imagine your life here would be like if you weren't? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe furrowed his brow. Of course the British were leaving. Their departure was long overdue. But life - his own charmed life - would go on much as before, wouldn't it?\u003c\/em\u003eAs the independence deadline approaches, Britain plays a wild card, appointing world-famous war hero Lord Mounbatten the last Viceroy. Dickie and his socialist wife Edwina imbue the end of empire with their legendary panache, and for foreign journalists and freedom fighters alike it's a dazzling show. But inscrutably, Mountbatten decides to rush the process to its conclusion - damning India to a baptism of blood.\u003cem\u003eIndia Be Damned\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping tale of love and paranoia, hope and despair, steeped in the flavours of the subcontinent. Peter Popham's debut novel deftly draws the reader on, ratcheting the tension right up to the shocking conclusion.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49523273957649,"sku":"GOR012859070","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53333263941905,"sku":"GOR014853257","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1788692713.jpg?v=1751426434","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/india-be-damned-book-peter-popham-9781788692717","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}