{"product_id":"rebels-against-the-raj-western-fighters-for-indias-freedom-1","title":"Rebels Against the Raj","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e‘A narrative of startling originality … As discussions of Britain’s colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced books like this one’ SAM DALRYMPLE, \u003cem\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRebels Against the Raj\u003c\/em\u003e tells the little-known story of seven people who chose to struggle for a country other than their own: foreigners to India who across the late 19th to late 20th century arrived to join the freedom movement fighting for independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eOf the seven, four were British, two American, and one Irish. Four men, three women. Before and after being jailed or deported they did remarkable and pioneering work in a variety of fields: journalism, social reform, education, organic agriculture, environmentalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eThis book tells their stories, each renegade motivated by idealism and genuine sacrifice; each connected to Gandhi, though some as acolytes where others found endless infuriation in his views; each understanding they would likely face prison sentences for their resistance, and likely live and die in India; each one leaving a profound impact on the region in which they worked, their legacies continuing through the institutions they founded and the generations and individuals they inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eThrough the entwined lives, wonderfully told by one of the world’s finest historians, we reach deep insights into relations between India and the West, and India’s story as a country searching for its identity and liberty beyond British colonial rule.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54191571665240,"sku":null,"price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780008498801_f5ac3881-7478-471c-9cb3-ce1b8349722d.jpg?v=1765170918","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/rebels-against-the-raj-western-fighters-for-indias-freedom-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}