Imperial steam

Imperial steamAuthor: Jonathan Stafford ISBN: 9781526164483 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 17 Aug 2023 Pages: 280 Format: Hardback Imperial Steam explores the early history of steamship travel to Britain's imperial East. Drawing upon the wealth of voyage narratives which were produced in the first decades of the new route to India, the book examines the thoughts, emotions and experiences of those whose lives were caught up with the

'Though in prehistoric societies children made up about half the population

Much as she did in her bestselling The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

Will he enable him to return to Germany

With his tenacious sense of hope and goodwill he perseveres through twelve years of cruelty until his remarkable rescue from slavery and back to his freedom in New York

and understanding

Barbara Castle

Gertrude has nothing

But his fateful encounter with Kage

Working alongside the British government

important to the poet as a follower of radical anarchist William Godwin

Diana and Darcy soon find out that the past is quickly catching up with them - and it's about to turn their lives upside down

Tagore is at the height of his creative powers