Jane Austen and the black hole of British history

Is concerned in part with the holocaust in British India that commenced with the Great Bengal Famine of 1769-1770 (10 million victims), concluded with the WW2 Bengal Famine (6-7 million victims) and took tens of millions of lives in between, and have been almost completely written out of history and removed from general perception.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 305 pages

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