The fishing fleet husband-hunting in the Raj
"The fascinating and entertaining true stories of the young Victorian women on the hunt for husbands among the colonial businessmen and bureaucrats in the Raj"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | De Courcy, Anne (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Harper,
2014.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 'Champagne has been known to allay sea sickness when all else failed' : The voyage out
- 'Happy hunting-ground of the single girl' : The women who went out
- 'Kisses on the boat deck' : Love at sea
- 'A Ł300-a-year man
- dead or alive' : The men they met
- 'Welcome to India' : Arrivals
- 'A hell of a heat' : The climate
- 'Parties, parties, parties' : The social whirl
- The viceroy's daughter : Elisabeth Bruce
- 'There are so many "ladies"' : Viceregal entertainments
- 'I told him it was only the moonlight' : Courtship
- 'It would be a pleasure to be in his harem, I thought' : Maharajas
- 'Us and them' : Brits and Indians
- 'I thought my heart was going to jump out of my body' : Grace Trotter
- 'Where every Jack has someone else's Jill' : The hills
- '"No" would have been unthinkable' : Engagement
- Daughter of the Raj : Bethea Field
- 'Colonels must marry' : Marriage
- 'No one will want to marry me now!' : Perils
- 'As I inspected ours I sighed a bit' : The first home
- 'But what about horses? And polo? And parties?' : Iris Butler
- 'Just lift up your skirts and you'll be all right' : Up country
- 'Cheerio, old girl' : Sheila Hingston.