Hindoo Holiday (e-bog) af Ackerley, J. R.
Ackerley, J. R. (forfatter)

Hindoo Holiday e-bog

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In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and o...
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Forfattere Ackerley, J. R. (forfatter), Dalrymple, William (introduktion)
Forlag Penguin
Udgivet 26 marts 2009
Længde 288 sider
Genrer 1FKA
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780141900032
In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature.