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9%OFFMichael H. Fisher - The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre: Victorian Anglo Indian MP and Chancery ´Lunatic´ - 9781849040006 - V9781849040006
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The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre: Victorian Anglo Indian MP and Chancery ´Lunatic´

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Description for The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre: Victorian Anglo Indian MP and Chancery ´Lunatic´ Paperback. Born of Euro-Indian heritage and due to inherit a principality in Northern India, Dyce Sombre was raised by a Muslim courtesan, served as an MP in London and wandered Europe as he fought insanity charges brought by his English wife. This book recovers Sombre's story and the echoes of his case for modern conceptions of race, privilege and empire. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
The descendant of German and French Catholic mercenaries, a Scots Presbyterian subaltern, and their secluded Indian wives, David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre defied all classification in the North Indian principality where he was raised. Add to these influences an adoptive mother who began as a Muslim courtesan and rose to become the Catholic ruler of a strategically-placed, cosmopolitan little kingdom, which her foster son was destined to inherit, and you have the origins of a fascinating life that reflects many of the Romantic, political, and colonial trends of a century. As heir to the throne, Sombre took great advantage of the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849040006
SKU
V9781849040006
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Ref
99-50

About Michael H. Fisher
Michael H. Fisher is Robert S. Danforth Professor of History at Oberlin College in Ohio. He is the author of, among others, The Travels of Dean Mahomet: An Eighteenth-Century Journey Through India.

Reviews for The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre: Victorian Anglo Indian MP and Chancery ´Lunatic´
A wonderfully entertaining biography of a man of great wealth who spent the last decade of his life in legal limbo, trapped in a Chancery court case that hinged on his condition as a lunatic. That would be remarkable enough for the story of any Victorian gentleman, but the subject of this fascinating narrative is David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, a ... Read more

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