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001    ocn953709984 
003    OCoLC 
005    20170801023859.0 
008    160717s2017    mauab    b    000 0beng d 
020    9780547443317|q(hardcover) 
020    0547443315|q(hardcover) 
035    (OCoLC)953709984 
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049    CKEA 
050 14 DS475.2.H13|bH55 2017 
082 04 954.031092|aB|223 
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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