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Golden Afternoon (Autobiography Part 2)
by
M.M. Kaye
It is 1927, and after studying in England for several miserable and lonely years, nineteen-year-old Mollie Kaye is joyfully reunited with India, the cherished country where she spent her early years. But the enthusiasm that marks her return dampens when she takes her first steps into the intimidating Delhi social scene. Feeling gawky and plain next to her vivacious, intrep
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Paperback
,
432 pages
Published
October 29th 1998
by Penguin Books Ltd
(first published 1997)
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For all of us who cannot help but give over to read about the " romanticism " of the Rajh.
With appologies
With appologies
I read the first part of Mollie Kaye's autobiography a few years ago, and although I enjoyed it, I didn't engage with her very well, and was left feeling as if I rather disliked her. The first book Sun in the Morning which I registered on bookcrossing and released - only takes us up to when Mollie is 10 years old and goes off to boarding school. This book I am keeping as I liked it so much more.
In this installment - we begin in 1927 - Mollie is 19 and she, her sister and parents travel back to I ...more
The 'bright young things' in British India of the 1920s. A very interesting insight into the lifestyle of a reasonably well heeled British family spending cold seasons in the newly established capital of Delhi and in Tonk, a lesser known princely state in Rajasthan, a world which disappeared in the 40s after the Second World War and Indian independence. Mollie Kaye's love for India is clear throughout the book, though it is partly a love for a lifestyle she could not have experienced without the
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Oh,to have lived this woman's privileged life.
A little bit of a let down (The Sun in the Morning was so detailed!) but still a great story, especially the part of how she and her husband met.
Very entertaining, enjoyed it even more than the Sun in the Morning.
M. M. Kaye (Mary Margaret) was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there. Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj. After India's independence, her husband, Major-General Goff Hamilton of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (the famous Indian Army regiment featured in The Far Pav
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