George Thomas Chaloner's Diary

ISBN-13: 9781291696486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 87 str.

George Chaloner

Opis

Lt Colonel George Thomas Chaloner served withthe British Indian Army in the Second World War andwas stationed in India during the turbulent periodof transition from British rule toindependence in 1947.This diary documents Georges interactions with locals, fellow officers and the vast Indian terrain aswell as the exotic wildlife (including elephants,tigers and bison!). A horticulturalist at heart, hisfascination with the local flora is evident as heremarks on the various tropical vegetation.This book also contains photographs from Georgesown personal collection and provides a fascinatinginsight into a time and place very different fromthe modern western world.