THE GREAT HEDGE OF INDIA Roy Moxham - The Search for the Living Barrier That Divided a People (British India / Raj)

The amazing tale of one man's relentless search for a lost monument of the British Raj, this historical detective story sheds revelatory light on British policy and administration in imperial India.

This is a used hardcover book in good condition: dustjacket has a tear to bottom corner as you can see in the photos but is otherwise clean with little wear and general scuffing; boards and pages are excellent, clean with little wear and aging lightly. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: An unquestionably fascinating tale, as well as a travel book and historical detective story, The Great Hedge of India begins in a secondhand bookshop on London's Charing Cross Road. There Roy Moxham buys the memoir of a nineteenth-century British colonial administrative officer, who makes a passing reference to a giant hedge planted by the British across the Indian subcontinent. That hedge—which for fifty years had been manned and cared for by 12,000 men and had run a length of 2,500 miles—becomes what Moxham calls his “ridiculous obsession.” Recounting a journey that takes him to exotic isolated villages deep in the interior of India, Moxham chronicles his efforts to confirm the existence of the extraordinary, impenetrable green wall that had virtually disappeared from two nations' memories. Not only does he discover the shameful role the hedge played in the exploitative Raj and the famines of the late ninteenth century, but he also uncovers what remains of this British grand folly and restores to history what must be counted one of the world's wonders—and a monument to one of the great injustices of Victorian imperialism. “Grandly entertaining ... close to being a perfect story of a fanciful quest.”—Boston Globe “A compelling read, simply told and simply wonderful.”—John Keay

Book Details

Code: SKU1566

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket

Pages: 234

Published: 2001 by Caroll & Graf Publishers, UK

ISBN: 0786708409

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