{"product_id":"the-last-englishmen-deborah-baker-9781555978044","title":"The Last Englishmen: Love, War, and the End of Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sumptuous biographical saga, both intimate and epic, about the waning of the British Empire in India\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers--W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender--achieved literary fame, they vied to be included on an expedition that would deliver Everest's summit to an Englishman, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain's struggle to maintain power over India. To this rivalry was added another: in the summer of 1938 both men fell in love with a painter named Nancy Sharp. Her choice would determine where each man's wartime loyalties would lie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Calcutta, London, the glacier-locked wilds of the Karakoram, and on Everest itself, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Englishmen \u003c\/i\u003eis also the story of a generation. The cast of this exhilarating drama includes Indian and English writers and artists, explorers and Communist spies, Die Hards and Indian nationalists, political rogues and police informers. Key among them is a highborn Bengali poet named Sudhin Datta, a melancholy soul torn, like many of his generation, between hatred of the British Empire and a deep love of European literature, whose life would be upended by the arrival of war on his Calcutta doorstep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDense with romance and intrigue, and of startling relevance for the great power games of our own day, Deborah Baker's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Englishmen \u003c\/i\u003eis an engrossing story that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1555978045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555978044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018 pg. 12","brand":"Deborah Baker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965281059071,"sku":"9781555978044","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72a2b53e-702a-4ca0-956b-2e8d107390af.jpg?v=1767279479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-englishmen-deborah-baker-9781555978044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}