{"product_id":"keeping-the-jewel-in-the-crown-book-walter-reid-9781780273365","title":"Keeping the Jewel in the Crown","description":"In 1947, when India achieved independence, Britain portrayed the transfer of power as the outcome of decades, even centuries, of responsible planning - the honourable discharge of an historic responsibility. That view has never been seriously challenged in Britain. But this book shows that the official narrative is a travesty of what really happened.Drawing on the documentary evidence - letters, diaries, state papers - Walter Reid reveals how Britain selfishly deceived and prevaricated in order to arrest political progress in India for as long as possible - a shameful passage in British imperial policy which led to tragedy and untold suffering when independence finally became inevitable.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49531788591377,"sku":"GOR007548413","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51328576323857,"sku":"CIN1780273363G","price":10.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51777113620753,"sku":"GOR008353894","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1780273363.jpg?v=1750766014","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/keeping-the-jewel-in-the-crown-book-walter-reid-9781780273365","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}