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Lord Curzon The Last of the British Moghuls

Name: Lord Curzon
Author: Nayana Goradia

Auteur: Nayana Goradia

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Nayana Goradia

Engels
Hardcover
9780195628241
27 mei 1993
344 pagina's

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Dazzling, dedicated, some would say cast in an heroic mould, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India, was the last of the great British Moghuls. British imperialism was to reach its high noon with Curzon's viceroyalty. But it was also Curzon who was responsible for the partitioning of Bengal, an act which was to fuel widespread resentment and foreshadow the Raj's demise. At thirty-nine, Curzon was the youngest Viceroy to be sent out to India. Yet, seven years later, he was to return home a broken man, his viceroyalty in a shambles, only to be later dispossessed of the Prime Ministership he thought rightfully his. Was this the result of some fatal flaw in Curzon's personality? Curzon has certainly led his earlier biographers to think so, leaving copious writings suggesting that he was brought up by an indifferent mother, a cold father and a savage governess. But new evidence sheds a different light on a more complex personality. Nayana Goradia is the first of Curzon's biographers to examine the effects on Curzon of being continually feted throughout his childhood, firstly by an adoring mother, and later by his male teachers and fellow pupils and students. Though he rose to every challenge, what bordered on narcissism was to tragically pursue him throughout adulthood - in his first marriage to Mary, the first American-born vicereine, and most particularly in the struggle for power with Lord Kitchener, in his eight-year affair with Elinor Glyn, and in his hopes of becoming Prime Minister. The author shows that there is also evidence of sado-masochistic tendencies. Lord Kitchener was to say of Curzon, 'There is only one thing that Curzon likes more than hurting others, [and that is] to persuade others to humiliate him.'

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 27 mei 1993
Aantal pagina's: 344
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Nayana Goradia
Hoofduitgeverij: Oup India

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Product breedte: 148 mm
Product hoogte: 22 mm
Product lengte: 222 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 148 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm
Verpakking lengte: 222 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 543 g

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Geschiedenis

Historisch

Periodes

Moderne tijd (1800-1945)

Hedendaagse geschiedenis ( v.a. 1945)

Regio's & Landen

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Onderwerp: Kolonialisme, Bevrijding & Onafhankelijkheid
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Taal: Engels
Periode: 20e eeuw, 19e eeuw

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