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The Timely Retreat offers a rare and invaluable perspective on life in Bengal during a critical period of colonial India’s history. Written by Madeline Anne Wallace-Dunlop, this two-volume work provides intimate observations of British society, Indian customs, and the complex dynamics of the Raj before the dramatic upheaval of the 1857 Mutiny.
Through detailed narratives and personal reflections, Wallace-Dunlop captures the daily experiences of colonial administrators, plantation owners, and the broader British expatriate community. Her accounts reveal the political tensions, cultural encounters, and social hierarchies that defined this turbulent era. The work serves as both a historical document and a literary portrait of a vanishing world.
Essential reading for historians, scholars of colonial India, and those interested in 19th-century British literature, this meticulously preserved edition by Gyan Publishing House makes an important primary source accessible to modern audiences.
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