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Empire Made: My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British India Audiobook
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Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India—a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light.
In 1841, twenty-year-old Nigel Halleck set out for Calcutta as a clerk in the East India Company. He went on to serve in the colonial administration for eight years before abruptly leaving the company under a cloud and disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal, never to be heard from again. While most traces of his life were destroyed in the bombing of his hometown during World War II, Nigel was never quite forgotten—the myth of the man who headed East would reverberate through generations of his family.
Kief Hillsbery, Nigel's nephew many times removed, embarked on his own expedition, spending decades researching and traveling through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal in the footsteps of his long-lost relation. In uncovering the remarkable story of Nigel's life, Hillsbery beautifully renders a moment in time when the arms of the British Empire extended around the world. Both a powerful history and a personal journey, Empire Made weaves together a clash of civilizations, the quest to discover one's own identity, and the moving tale of one man against an empire.
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" Full review: 50 to 5000 charactersWe looked forward to a piece of investigative wrting, but were disappointed owing to several reasons. First, as it is a book pricipally based on documents, its narration should not jump from time period to time period. This simply confuses the reader. Secondly, it contains too much irrelevant details about the writer's studies, classmates with whom he travels, etc. One chapter on what launched the author on his quest would have been fine, but it intrudes just too much at unexpected points. Thirdly, the author dangles in front of the reader the bait of hinted diamond robbery of a sort, which is 'resolved' by hinting at a unknowable homosexual relationship between his ancestral uncle and an Afgan friend of his. Very tame indeed! However, we have nothing but praise for the narrator wh'll get 5/5 while our overal rating is 3/5 while the book gets a reluctant 3/5. "
— Tarquin, 11/2/2020
About James Cameron Stewart
James Cameron Stewart is a veteran actor whose performances include roles in theater, film, and television. He was trained at Hull University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His credits include Outlander, Jericho, Flying Blind, Golden Years, Emmerdale, London’s Burning, Eastenders, Coronation Street, and Holby City.