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Tea, Love and War: Searching for English roots in Assam
David Mitchell
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Description for Tea, Love and War: Searching for English roots in Assam
Paperback. The range of the book: from wartime England to colonial Assam; from sapper training in India to jungle warfare in Malaya - Tea, Love and War tells the unique true story of the child of an exploited village woman gaining recognition and acceptance in suburban England. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JJ; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486.
The range of the book: from wartime England to colonial Assam; from sapper training in India to jungle warfare in Malaya – Tea, Love and War tells the unique true story of the child of an exploited village woman gaining recognition and acceptance in suburban England. It is split into three parts: Stuart and Mary’s story, David’s story, and Ann’s story. Stuart, working on a tea estate in the jungles of Assam, fathers a child by a teenage native woman. Stuart’s letters to his family in pre-war England vividly describe his life as a planter in colonial India but conceal his secret ... Read more
The range of the book: from wartime England to colonial Assam; from sapper training in India to jungle warfare in Malaya – Tea, Love and War tells the unique true story of the child of an exploited village woman gaining recognition and acceptance in suburban England. It is split into three parts: Stuart and Mary’s story, David’s story, and Ann’s story. Stuart, working on a tea estate in the jungles of Assam, fathers a child by a teenage native woman. Stuart’s letters to his family in pre-war England vividly describe his life as a planter in colonial India but conceal his secret ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Troubador Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Market Harborough, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780880891
SKU
V9781780880891
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About David Mitchell
A solicitor and former judge, David is a trustee of a leading independent school and sits on various other committees. The author of the Bluffer’s Guide to both Law and Divorce, he was inspired to write this book by the extraordinary history of his newly discovered Indian family. David enjoys a variety of sport and hobbies, including golf, tennis, squash ... Read more
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