Mrs Parkes plays the Sitar | Books
The story of the British in India is old, but when told by its women, there is something new to discover Ihad tied the clothes we took off in a handkerchief; with that in one hand and brandishing my stick in another I boldly sallied forth" She-Merchants, Buccaneers & Gentlewomen charts British exploits in India from their earliest beginnings through to the inauguration of the Raj, but
