The Collector's Bag: Travellers' Tales from India and Elsewhere [Hardcover]

R.V. Vernede (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: September 17, 1992

Collecting stories from experience in the hills of India makes for a good read. But, when fact and fiction are intertwined, and reality becomes a mixture of the two, the words become spellbinding."" - Small Press. ""Born in Vevey, Switzerland, R.V. VernÃ¨de entered the Indian Civil Service in 1928 and was posted to Uttar Pradesh (now perhaps best known as the state encompassing the Temple at Ayodyha). In 1992, over a half-century later, VernÃ¨de published [this], a collection of stories largely based on those experiences."" - Publishers Weekly. Love, murder, rogues, humor, revenge, trial by ordeal, blood feuds, Chinese-Tibetan plans for the invasion of India are featured, as is an account of the author's meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 267 pages
Publisher: Colin Smythe; 1st edition (September 17, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0861403525
ISBN-13: 978-0861403523
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,907,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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