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It was the spring of 1947 when Lord and Lady Mountbatten arrived in New Delhi.India was on the brink of civil war. The reluctant vicereine was a rebel, a rule breaker.It was never going to be easy working for her. She was a troubled oldsoul, a great beauty, a firecracker. But there was more to Edwina than met theeye. The glamour was a façade. Behind it was a highly intelli It was the spring of 1947 when Lord and Lady Mountbatten arrived in New Delhi.India was on the brink of civil war. The reluctant vicereine was a rebel, a rule breaker.It was never going to be easy working for her. She was a troubled oldsoul, a great beauty, a firecracker. But there was more to Edwina than met theeye. The glamour was a façade. Behind it was a highly intelligent woman ofinfluence and power. They would always say that ought not to have been. But itwas and the greatest of all Edwina's friends was Jawahar.No one could have imagined the maelstrom of intrigue, events and relationshipsthat would change their lives and those of millions of Indians forever. Set amidstthe turmoil of Partition, The Last Vicereine is a heart-breaking story of the birth oftwo nations, of love, grief, tragedy, inhumanity and of the triumph of hope.