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FROM: "Smith, Jeff" <[removed]@marshall.usc.edu>
REC'D: 5/29/01, 8:31 PM

> Louis, Lord (later Earl) Mountbatten, a connection of the
> British Royal
> Family, was the last viceroy of India before Independence and the
> accompanying partition. There are been numerous biographies of him
> published over the years.


Also his diaries, in multiple volumes; his reports to the "Combined Chiefs
of Staff"; and the following:

"Time only to look forward : speeches of Viceroy of India and
Governor-General of the Dominion of India, 1947-48, including related
addresses." Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979.

If the patron is really looking for something BY Mountbatten, it might be
this or his diaries.

Jeff Smith

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 5/29/01, 8:31 PM

I got this request from a patron and am at a loss. Any ideas?

>Today someone mentioned a non-fiction book regarding the time of
>partitioning in India. He thought the title was Lord Maltabon (SP!). Are
>you familiar with this book?

Thanks,
Lisa


Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> [removed]@midyork.lib.ny.us 05/29/01 04:26PM >>>
One of my library book groups is in the process of selecting books for the
coming years schedule. We usually do a non-fiction "travel" book and I am
looking for ideas. We have done Paul Theroux in the past, and several Bill
Bryson books. I am thinking of suggesting Peter Mayle, but one member was
interested in books set in the Orient, Thailand, etc.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Or is someone could point
me to an existing list---

Karen Traynor
Sullivan Free Library
519 McDonnell Street
Chittenango, NY 13037

FROM: "Smith, Jeff" <[removed]@marshall.usc.edu>
REC'D: 5/29/01, 8:41 PM

Another possibility on this is Latif Ahmed Sherwani, "The Partition of India
and Mountbatten."

Jeff Smith

FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 5/29/01, 9:03 PM

Louis, Lord (later Earl) Mountbatten, a connection of the British Royal
Family, was the last viceroy of India before Independence and the
accompanying partition. There are been numerous biographies of him
published over the years. The most recent one I am aware of is from 1998,
by Eugene L. Rasor. The title is _Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979_.
Perhaps it is this or another of the bios your patron wants.

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Lisa Colcord
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:20 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: India partitioning


I got this request from a patron and am at a loss. Any ideas?

>Today someone mentioned a non-fiction book regarding the time of
>partitioning in India. He thought the title was Lord Maltabon (SP!). Are
>you familiar with this book?

Thanks,
Lisa


Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> [removed]@midyork.lib.ny.us 05/29/01 04:26PM >>>
One of my library book groups is in the process of selecting books for the
coming years schedule. We usually do a non-fiction "travel" book and I am
looking for ideas. We have done Paul Theroux in the past, and several Bill
Bryson books. I am thinking of suggesting Peter Mayle, but one member was
interested in books set in the Orient, Thailand, etc.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Or is someone could point
me to an existing list---

Karen Traynor
Sullivan Free Library
519 McDonnell Street
Chittenango, NY 13037

FROM: [removed]@middlesbrough.gov.uk
REC'D: 5/30/01, 5:03 AM

These might help

Philip Ziegler Mountbatten, an official biography (from shore to
shore)
" " Tour diaries of Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Louis Mountbatten Diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten 1902 -1922 (tours
with the Prince of Wales)
Hugh Tinker Viceroy
Charles Smith 50 years with Mountbatten
William Evans My Mountbatten Years


You might also want to try

H V Hodgson The Great Divide Britain, - India, - Pakistan
Ian Talbot Freedoms Cry - the popular dimension in the Pakistan,
movement and partition experience in North
West India
" " Khizr Tiwana - the Punjab unionist party and the partition
of India
Shahid Hamid Disastrous twilight a personal record of the partition
of India
Robert Corrucchi Halla - demographic consequences of the partition of
the Punjab
D C Jha Mahatma Gandhi - congress and the partition of India
History Today India and the British - the subcontinent under and
after the Raj - 50 years partition.

Regards
Samantha Gavaghan
Senior Stock Development Librarian
Middlesbrough Libraries and Information
Victoria Square
Middlesbrough
TS1 2AY

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 5/30/01, 6:28 PM

Many thanks to Mary, Jeff, Samantha and Deborah for trying to answer this question! Patron thinks it is Freedom at Midnight, which is the fiction title of the lot! But thank you to you all for your help!

Lisa


Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> [removed]@biblio.org 05/29/01 05:52PM >>>
Louis, Lord (later Earl) Mountbatten, a connection of the British Royal
Family, was the last viceroy of India before Independence and the
accompanying partition. There are been numerous biographies of him
published over the years. The most recent one I am aware of is from 1998,
by Eugene L. Rasor. The title is _Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979_.
Perhaps it is this or another of the bios your patron wants.

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: [removed]@biblio.org

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Lisa Colcord
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:20 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: India partitioning


I got this request from a patron and am at a loss. Any ideas?

>Today someone mentioned a non-fiction book regarding the time of
>partitioning in India. He thought the title was Lord Maltabon (SP!). Are
>you familiar with this book?

Thanks,
Lisa


Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> [removed]@midyork.lib.ny.us 05/29/01 04:26PM >>>
One of my library book groups is in the process of selecting books for the
coming years schedule. We usually do a non-fiction "travel" book and I am
looking for ideas. We have done Paul Theroux in the past, and several Bill
Bryson books. I am thinking of suggesting Peter Mayle, but one member was
interested in books set in the Orient, Thailand, etc.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Or is someone could point
me to an existing list---

Karen Traynor
Sullivan Free Library
519 McDonnell Street
Chittenango, NY 13037

FROM: Sarah Nagle <[removed]@co.carver.mn.us>
REC'D: 5/31/01, 11:31 AM

FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT, by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, is a
NONFICTION account of the partition. Salman Rushdie wrote a novel,
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN.

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