This is a big book with around 450 pages. It took 12 hours to finish it.
The only reason this book got my curiosity was that it was on the theme of partition but I realized that there was a lot around Nehru and Edwina. When writing a book around such theme it depends on writer how much space she wants to give to something which may not be tasteful for a lot of people. And I'm glad that all the instances mentioned here between Nehru and Edwina never sounded scandalous.
The book is well searched as there is a reference for almost any quotation or figure mentioned. In fact, it gives a subjective review of what was happening during the final stage of India's freedom struggle.
On thing which I goes against it that a lot of times the book was filled with a lot of details which could have been avoided by giving shorter description to the point. But this depends on the style of author, and since I haven't read any other book by her I can't really comment on it.
This book definitely sound balanced because during the whole narration it never felt like it is biased in favour of anybody be it India or the British. I'm glad that it actually added a lot to my understanding of India's freedom fight, and circumstances in which a few decisions were taken or not taken.
For the readers I'll say that you need patience to finish this book. But it is definitely a good read.
The only reason this book got my curiosity was that it was on the theme of partition but I realized that there was a lot around Nehru and Edwina. When writing a book around such theme it depends on writer how much space she wants to give to something which may not be tasteful for a lot of people. And I'm glad that all the instances mentioned here between Nehru and Edwina never sounded scandalous.
The book is well searched as there is a reference for almost any quotation or figure mentioned. In fact, it gives a subjective review of what was happening during the final stage of India's freedom struggle.
On thing which I goes against it that a lot of times the book was filled with a lot of details which could have been avoided by giving shorter description to the point. But this depends on the style of author, and since I haven't read any other book by her I can't really comment on it.
This book definitely sound balanced because during the whole narration it never felt like it is biased in favour of anybody be it India or the British. I'm glad that it actually added a lot to my understanding of India's freedom fight, and circumstances in which a few decisions were taken or not taken.
For the readers I'll say that you need patience to finish this book. But it is definitely a good read.
