Simla 1922. While the rest of India bakes in the hot season, up in the pine-scented coolness of the Himalayan hills the English have recreated a vision of home. Here are half-timbered houses, amateur theatricals, gymkhanas and a glittering vice-regal court for the socialites. The summer capital of t
Ragtime in Simla
β Scribed by Cleverly, Barbara
- Book ID
- 108461435
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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