An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad : : Scandal in the Raj / / Benjamin B. Cohen.
Benjamin Cohen tells the dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals. In the struggle of one couple, he exposes t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on names
- Cast of characters
- Prologue
- 1. New Beginnings in Hyderabad
- 2. A Grand Tour to the Heart of Empire
- 3. The Pinnacle of Power
- 4. The Scandal Unleashed
- 5. The Prosecution’s Charge
- 6. I Have Seen This Lady Before
- 7. Star Witnesses and a Verdict
- 8. Pink and Yellow Accusations
- 9. Turned Adrift
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration credits
- Index