Midnights Descendants by John Keay

Midnights Descendants by John Keay

An epic narrative history that compares and contrasts the fortunes of all the countries that make up South Asia.

‘Keay’s excellent new book on the modern history of South Asia plunges the reader head first into some wildly swirling currents … His work is descriptive, panoramic, a large-scale survey of titanic struggles and the extraordinary survival of democracies’ Spectator

‘This absorbing, important history of South Asia over the six decades since British India was partitioned is the first time a book has been written on the history of this region as a whole’ Independent

‘A manifest triumph’ Literary Review

From the reviews of ‘India: A History’

‘It is hard to imagine anyone succeeding more gracefully in producing a balanced overview than John Keay has done in “India”… a book that is as fluent and readable as it is up-to-date and impartialHardly a page passes without some fascinating nugget or surprising fact’ William Dalrymple, Guardian

‘Certainly the most balanced and lucid history… his passion for India shines through and illuminates every page… puts Keay in the front rank of Indian historiographers.’ Charles Allen, Spectator

‘Keay’s astute commentary on the development of Indian history is a delight… one of the best general studies of the subcontinent.’ Andrew Lycett, Sunday Times

John Keay was formerly a special correspondent for the Economist, and a documentary-maker for the BBC. He is the author of several books on the Indian subcontinent, including the bestselling ‘India: A History’. He lives in Argyll, Scotland.

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ISBN 13	9780007326587
ISBN 10	0007326580
Title	Midnights Descendants
Author	John Keay
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2015-08-13
Number of pages	416
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