PLAIN TALES FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE gathers together Charles Allen's best loved books on the British experience across the Empire: PLAIN TALES FROM THE RAJ, TALES FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS and TALES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT. These vivid stories and recollections give an evocative and unique glimpse into the lost days of the Empire across India, Africa and the territories fringing the South China Sea.
'A hugely valuable record of colonial life in India, Africa and the Far East -- intimate, vivid and immensely enjoyable'
Antonia Fraser
- ISBN10 0349119201
- ISBN13 9780349119205
- Publish Date 24 January 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Abacus
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 816
- Language English