Hobart Bookshop
We are delighted to host the launch, by Peter Boyce, of Roger Bell’s Recollections of an Indian Official 1928-1949
Roger Bell was a civil servant in British India during the most tumultuous period in its history, and was directly involved in not only the fascinating workings of the administration, but also its eventual transfer of power upon Indian Independence in 1947. Bell’s handwritten memoirs lay forgotten for decades in a trunk in his family home in Tasmania until rediscovered by his daughter, Alexandra. They have finally been published 56 years after his death and they provide a fascinating insight into this pivotal period of India’s history. Anybody with an interest in this time, the history of the British Empire, or simply good old-fashioned adventure, will certainly enjoy reading this engaging first-hand account.
5.30 pm Thursday July 30th , free event all welcome
The Hobart Bookshop
22 Salamanca Square
Hobart Tasmania 7000
ph 03 6223 1803 | fax 03 6223 1804
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www.hobartbookshop.com.au
