Molly and the Rajah: Race, Romance and the Raj by Edward Duyker and Coralie Younger

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

Martanda Tondaiman, Raja of Pudukkottai, an Indian prince - tall, handsome and fabulously wealthy. Molly Fink, a young Melbourne beauty, intelligent and strong-willed. They met in Sydney in 1915 and fell in love, but their marriage roused a range of attitudes about race, empire, rank and duty.

This is the story of unusual courage and dignity in the face of appalling prejudice and cruelty from the Australian press and the highest levels of the British government. It is a tragic tale of a Rajah who gave up his kingdom for love, of a loyal wife whom Britain refused to acknowledge, and of an Australian-born son who was denied his birthright. (back cover)