Mountbatten, Louis, Edwina Mountbatten, and Jawaharlal Nehru: Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire.(Brief article)(Book review) From: Biography | Date: September 22, 2007| Author: Macintyre, Ben | COPYRIGHT 2007 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mountbatten, Louis, Edwina Mountbatten, and Jawaharlal Nehru Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire. Alex von Tunzelmann. New York: Holt, 2007. 401 pp. $30.00.

"This is a book more concerned with the smaller, more colorful threads of individual character than with the broader tapestry of history.... Woven through it is the poignant love affair between Edwina Mountbatten and Nehru. Whethe...

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