On 29 November 1933, Amarenda Pandey was waiting on a crowded Calcutta railway platform when he felt a sharp prick in his arm. Eight days later, he was dead and a manhunt had begun for his assassin.
The details of case were so diabolical that they made headlines from London to Sydney and New York. With elements of biological warfare, illicit sex and contested wealth, the murder was reminiscent of the days of the Borgias, according to one newspaper. In The Prince and the Poisoner, Dan Morrison uncovers the gruesome tale of two warring brothers set amidst the febrile atmosphere of Jazz Age India. It is the story of a city and an empire resting blindly on the cusp of cataclysmic change, a moment when centuries-old assumptions and expressions of power are about to be forever scrambled for Indians and Englishmen alike.
- ISBN13 9781803996059
- Publish Date 14 March 2024
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The History Press Ltd
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Language English