The Golden Calm. An English Lady's Life in Moghul Delhi.
New York. Viking. 1980. Stock ID #171783 "Emily Annie Theophila Metcalfe, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, was born at Meerut in the North West Provinces, India, in 1830. Her earliest recollections were of the family home in Delhi, where she spent most of her childhood until the age of five, when she was sent home to England; she was not to return to India until early in 1848, when she was seventeen. Just over two years later, at the age of nineteen, she married Sir Edward Clive Bayley in Delhi. Her reminiscences, skillfully edited by M. M. Kaye, provide a sparkling account of a young lady growing to maturity amid the flamboyant finery of the dying Moghul Empire..." Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 171783.
Prolific colour illustrations, 217pp, index, 25 x 20cm. Slight indentations to rear cover and dustjacket, spine trifle faded, 171819otherwise a very good copy.
Price: $33.00 AU