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100 1 Hillsbery, Kief,|eauthor.
245 10 Empire made :|bmy search for an outlaw uncle who vanished
in British India /|cKief Hillsbery.
264 1 Boston :|bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,|c2017.
300 xxiv, 259 pages :|billustration, map ;|c24 cm
336 text|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|2rdamedia
338 volume|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259).
505 0 An empire -- An education -- Margalla Pass -- A passage --
A griffin -- Ghazipur -- A safe and prudent distance -- A
mosque -- An asiatic Rome -- Patna -- A folly -- A
policeman -- A Christian soldier -- Gulzarbagh -- A
conquest -- A peace -- Bankipore -- A war -- A giant -- A
crossing -- Chandragiri -- A maharaja -- Kathmandu -- A
prince -- A welcome -- A showcase -- Tipling -- A lark --
A mutiny -- Rosi Bagh -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -- Lal Durbar
-- Now is the waiting -- Stars of tears.
520 "Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century
English gentleman in British India--a family mystery of
love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to
light. In 1841, twenty-year-old Nigel Halleck set out for
Calcutta as a clerk in the East India Company. He went on
to serve in the colonial administration for eight years
before abruptly leaving the company under a cloud and
disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal, never to be
heard from again. While most traces of his life were
destroyed in the bombing of his hometown during World War
II, Nigel was never quite forgotten--the myth of the man
who headed East would reverberate through generations of
his family. Kief Hillsbery, Nigel's nephew many times
removed, embarked on his own expedition, spending decades
researching and traveling through India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, and Nepal in the footsteps of his long-lost
relation. In uncovering the remarkable story of Nigel's
life, Hillsbery beautifully renders a moment in time when
the arms of the British Empire extended around the world.
Both a powerful history and a personal journey, Empire
Made weaves together a clash of civilizations, the quest
to discover one's own identity, and the moving tale of one
man against an empire."--Jacket.
600 10 Halleck, Nigel.
600 10 Hillsbery, Kief|xFamily.
600 10 Hillsbery, Kief|xTravel|zAsia.
610 20 East India Company|xOfficials and employees|vBiography.
650 0 British|zIndia|vBiography.
650 0 Uncles|zIndia|vBiography.
650 0 Gay men|zIndia|vBiography.
650 7 HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.|2bisacsh
650 7 HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.|2bisacsh
650 7 TRAVEL / Asia / India.|2bisacsh
651 0 Great Britain|xColonies|zAsia|xSocial conditions.
651 0 India|xHistory|y19th century.
655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft
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