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SWINSON, ARTHUR: : SIX MINUTES TO SUNSET

LONDON.PETER DAVIES,1964.

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. VG/G. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Lightly grubbed dw/dj with chipped,rubbed edges and corners,small nicks with minimal loss to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges lightly aged with some minimal foxing; contents bright,tight and clean.Publisher's original plain,dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,with generally clean,plain white endpapers.Board's corners and head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally rubbed and faded.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-viipp+2-215pp [paginated] includes illus list/table,author foreword,12 chapters+ postscript,b/w double-page city map (Amritsar),4pp b/w contemporary photographs between pp112/3,a bibliography,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and b/w map (North-west India) frntis. [The book is now out-of-print,and the publisher no longer exists,having folded in the 80's.Peter Davies set up his own publishing company in 1926 with some financial help from J.M. Barrie who had befirended the brothers and informally adopted them.In 1937 William Heinemann Ltd took a majority interest in the firm of Peter Davies Ltd,and the two firms were closely linked for the next forty years.In 1977 Peter Davies Ltd was fully incorporated into Heinemann. This title now out-of-print by this publisher.] On Sunday,13th April,1919,during a rebellion in the Punjab,Brigadier-General Dyer marched ninety Indian and Gurkha troops into an enclosed space known as the Jallianwala Bagh,in Amritsar,where a mass meeting was taking place. He opened fire without warning,killing 379 men and children,wounding 1,500 others.The rebellion collapsed; within ten days the whole Punjab returned to peace and order. At first,Dyer was praised as 'the saviour of the Punjab',but as the political agitation grew, a Committee of Enquiry was set up,which eventually condemned him.By the summer of 1920 the issue had become a storm in which the British Government found itself fighting for its life.Politicians,soldiers,indeed the whole country was split on the Amritsar issue,half upholding Dyer as a soldier who had carried out his duty with great courage,others denouncing him as the perpetrator of an atrocity.The argument engendered so much heat that it seemed impossible to conduct it on any clear basis; moral,legal,humanitarian,military,and political considerations were hopelessly mixed and misunderstood.Dyer was disgraced without ever being tried. Arthur Swinson,who served in wartime India,has investigated the whole story.With the co-operation of the Dyer family,he has traced and interviewed many people who knew the general, including officers who were serving under him at the time.From these and other sources he has uncovered many important facts which have enabled him to tell the story against a comprehensive historical background,to present this definitive account of the most explosive incident in the history of the British Empire. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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