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The Heart of India

by Mark Tully · 1997

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Imbued with his love for India, and informed by his experience of India (where he worked for the BBC for over 20 years), Mark Tully has woven together a series of stories set in Uttar Pradesh, which tell of very different lives.

Setting
20th centuryIndia
Subject
travel
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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