Where Rivers Meet - Memories of Madras 1948-1972 - Couverture souple

Sally Solomon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 819215050X ISBN 13 : 9788192150505

Editeur : David Ashley Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The scene has now shifted from my first book about Calcutta, Hooghly Tales, to Madras, an historic city on the east coast of South India, which housed the first British settlement in 1640, and represented the seat of power on the Coromandel Coast. Developing from a strip of land into a thriving metropolis, today's Madras encompasses two rivers: the Cooum and the Adyar, which divide the city and flow into the sea. The meeting of these two rivers is implemented by the Buckingham Canal, a project of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, to provide relief for a famine stricken Madras in 1876. Running parallel to the coast and through almost the entire length of the city, this waterway is one of its most useful and significant landmarks. These memories take the reader through our Madras life, painting pictures of the places, events, the beautiful houses we lived in, and the wonderful people we came to know. When we left in 1972, we took Madras with us; it was a long time before I would be able to call England my home. Not so with Gerry. No sooner had we driven out of the gates of Malmesbury, our final residence, England became Home, and India was a place we would visit every year, in the winter.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sally Solomon was born in Calcutta and is descended from its first Jewish settler. She graduated from Scottish Church College, Calcutta University, with a B.A. (Hons) degree in English, and holds a Teacher's Diploma in Pianoforte from Trinity College, London. Soon after her marriage to Gerald Ezekiel Solomon, a descendant of the Iraqi Khadoories, the family moved to Madras. South India, where they raised their four children. She now lives in London, and is a freelance writer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: David Ashley Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 819215050X
• ISBN 13: 9788192150505
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Alexandra Solomon Angel, Sarah Solomon
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 169
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• Personne responsable: non disponible