Book description
The definitive and first non-partisan biography of one of the most
formidable political figures of the twentieth century (voted Woman of
the Millennium in a BBC poll, 2000)
Indira Gandhi's life, from her birth in 1917, through partition and up
to her assassination in 1984, was dominated by the politics of her
country. Always directly involved in India's turbulent twentieth-century
history, once she accepted the mantle of power, she became one of the
world's most powerful and significant women. This biography, the first
to be written by an unpartisan, Western woman, will focus on Gandhi's
role as a female leader of men in one of the most chauvinistic, complex
and politicised cultures in the world.
Comprehensive, yet also personal, Frank's biography will deal with
power and how this often isolated woman handled it, alongside her family
and her emotional life. It will be the definitive book on one of this
century's most powerful and important women. Praise for The Life of
Lucie Duff Gordon:
'This biography stands as a masterpiece in its
own right'
'Frank has admirably unearthed the substance
here… painting an unforgettable picture… and
orchestrates her account with depth and
subtlety' Katherine Frank, who was born and educated in the United
States, is the author of three acclaimed biographies, of Lucie Duff
Gordon, Emily Bronte and Mary Kingsley. She has taught at universities
in West Africa and the Middle East as well as Britain. During six years
of researching and writing Indira she spent extended periods in India.
She now lives in England.
