Sue Fortune's account of her life in wartime India is a striking social record of the British Raj just before partition. The sense of crisis and unease with the Burma Campaign so close at hand contrasts with the glamour and romance of the colonial way of life.
As a young commissioned Wren in Mountbatten's HQ in New Delhi, she had privileged access to secret communications and leading personalities of the day. There was also regular contact with the military commanders, Mountbatten himself and the Viceroy, Wavell, whose ADC Bruce Fortune, later became her husband.
Sue Fortune writes with a youthful freshness that captures the energy and urgency of the times.
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