{"product_id":"shipped-off-to-india-jennifer-temple-9781917458818","title":"Shipped Off to India: The Early Life of Sir Richard Temple 1826-1902","description":"\u003cb\u003eAccompany Richard Temple through his demanding formative years and a tragically brief marriage, until, aged only thirty-six, he was entrusted with sole control of a whole region to govern.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSigning up for a lifetime in India was a sacrifice, no less for the men than for the women they married. What made that sacrifice worthwhile for the young Richard Temple were qualities now seen as old-fashioned: a belief in God and a sense of purpose, inculcated by the East India College, Haileybury. Convinced it was his duty to do good, he set out to work on behalf of the Company, India and the Indians, all too soon made aware by the tumults of 1857 that the land to which he had committed his life was changing forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most articulate and energetic men of his generation, he would later, as Sir Richard Temple, serve as Finance Minister, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal and Governor of Bombay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAccompany him through the demanding formative years and his tragically brief marriage, until, aged only thirty-six, he was entrusted with sole control of a whole region to govern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Temple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917458819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917458818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unicorn Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jennifer Temple","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48487438483711,"sku":"9781917458818","price":52.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5cc19806-1da2-43aa-ac03-31801e18de00.jpg?v=1778060477","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shipped-off-to-india-jennifer-temple-9781917458818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}