Thackerary and the Indian Connection

William Makepeace Thackeray left India when he was six years old, but he left half his family there, and half his heart too. His obsession with the ordeals of the British in India run through his novels - their cruel separations, their early deaths, the giddy financial crashes that ruined his family. In telling the enthralling story which is the story of his own family too, Ferdinand Mount will also unveil some of the originals of Thackeray’s unforgettable characters.