Bücher von Patrick O'Leary

The Gift is an exploration of the art of storytelling, a coming-of-age tale in a place and time when magic is not the ring to be grabbed but the poison to be shunned. This Gift is one that will be opened, read, and treasured for a long time to come.

The first book to examine the proposition that Irish public servants in India were moved by their 'Irishness' to subvert or eccentrically implement policies of the Raj. Essential reading for those wishing to understand the three-way interaction between the Irish, the empire and the peoples of India. -- .