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Freedom at Midnight : Inspiration for the major motion picture Viceroy's House - Larry Collins

Freedom at Midnight

Inspiration for the major motion picture Viceroy's House

By: Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre

eBook | 23 February 2017

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Inspiration for the major film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi and directed by Gurinder Chadha.

On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed their independence in India. But 400 million people were to find that the immediate price of freedom was partition and war, riot and murder.

In this reconstruction, Collins and Lapierre recount the eclipse of the British Raj and examine the roles enacted by, among others, Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Mountbatten in its violent transformation into the new India and Pakistan. This is the India of Jawaharlal Nehru, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Gandhi and the last viceroy, Mountbatten.

About the Authors

The enormous success of the international writing partnership of Collins and Lapierre is based on the phenomenal non-fiction bestsellers Or I'll Dress You in Mourning, Is Paris Burning? and O Jerusalem! More recently Lapierre wrote City of Joy (about Calcutta) and Larry Collins has written a number of thrillers published by HarperCollins (Fall From Grace, Maze and Black Eagles). Lapierre is French, Collins American.
Industry Reviews

'Thrilling... staggers the imagination' Daily Mail

'A vast and complex canvas... rich in vivid details' Sunday Times

'The song of India... illuminated in scenes like a pageant' Time

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