Emily Eden accompanied her brother Lord Auckland, Governor-General of India, on a vast official journey from Calcutta to the Upper Provinces, Simla and the Punjab. Her letters to her sister describe the camp of thousands, elephants, durbars and shawls, famine, and meetings with Ranjit Singh and his court, with sharp humour and an eye for the absurd.
One of the liveliest accounts of British India ever written, by the author of The Semi-Detached House. Download the free EPUB.