During this time, many young women set out for india where, if all went according to plan, they. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. With the advent of steam travel and the opening of the suez canal, countless young women, suffering at the lack of eligible men in britain, followed in their wake. During this time, many young women set out for india where, if all went according to plan, they married. Husbandhunting in the raj on your kindle in under a minute. From the author of the critically acclaimed biographies diana mosley and the viceroys daughters comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining account of the victorian women who traveled halfway around the world on the hunt for a husband. The author does a good job of providing the historical context for the fishing fleet in the raj, going back to 1671, when the east india company paid young women to sail out to india and marry. Abbeys at 1 york street next to qvb is an aladdins cave for readers and sydneys muchloved indie bookshop since 1968 where ideas grow.
From the late 19th century, when the raj was at its height, many of britains best and brightest young men went out to india to work as administrators, soldiers and businessmen. The book has chapters on the women and the men, the voyage, physical and social conditions in india, courtship and marriage, as well as chapters. The publisher has supplied this book in drm free form with digital watermarking. I received the fishing fleet, husband hunting in the raj as a christmas gift thank you jo. Husband hunting in the raj for cvhf, thursday 27th june 20.
I wanted more hard facts, for instance, and was disappointed that so many explanations simply came down to societal attitudes. Jan 01, 2012 i received the fishing fleet, husband hunting in the raj as a christmas gift thank you jo. The adventurous young women who sailed to india during the raj in search of husbands. Nov 29, 2012 fishing for husbands was a very earnest business. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. By the late nineteenth century, britains colonial reign seemed to know no limitand india was the sparkling jewel in the imperial crown. The film rights have been sold to scott free, the london office of ridley scott. Sep 09, 2016 veroffentlicht am september 9, 2016 september 11, 2016 autor louisa kategorien frauen, geschichte, kulturgeschichte, reisen schlagworter british empire, heiratsmarkt, indien, raj ein gedanke zu the fishing fleet husbandhunting in the raj. Sep 22, 2019 the author does a good job of providing the historical context for the fishing fleet in the raj, going back to 1671, when the east india company paid young women to sail out to india and marry. With the advent of steam travel and the opening of the suez canal, countless young women, suffering at the lack.
Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Instead, her book is an entertaining and insightful romp into a world where young british women were. The fishing fleet is an entertaining, richly detailed account of a world that vanished overnight in 1947 with independence. Product details buy books online or at 1 york street. You had american women going on husband expeditions in the uk. After youve bought this ebook, you can choose to download either the pdf version or the epub, or both. When the british empire was at its height in the midnineteenth century, legions of ambitious young men were sent out from england to rule it. During the years 18581947 india was ruled by greet britain, a period known as the raj. Its interesting though that the indian raj never suffered the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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