Ebook {Epub PDF} The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the Raj by Anne de Courcy

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De Courcy has done a good deal of fishing herself, trolling for stories in sources that date from the early days of the company in the 17th century through the midth-century transfer of power. The fishing fleet: husband-hunting in the Raj Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. husband-hunting in the Raj by De Courcy, Anne, author. expected to marry within that time. For young women, unable to make a 'good match' at home, it was a chance to find a husband with prospects, women flocked to India, willing to try to. Anne De Courcy talks exclusively to Jazz FM about her book 'The Fishing Fleet (Husband Hunting in the Raj)'.

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