Hi Ann, Thanks for the personal recommendation, exactly what I was looking for. Arvind the Google Books suggestion is a good one but in this instance I am looking to buy some books rather than view online - I thought books read by others would be a good starting point as I can and do spend hours just trawling through Google Books for ancestry name mentions. Fun and frustration all at the same time :) Maureen - thanks for the pointer back to FIBIS there are certainly a couple of books on the reading lists that are now in my Amazon basket :) Bev > Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:19:47 +0000 > From: achidley01253@btinternet.com > To: india@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [INDIA] Book Recommendations > > If you can get your hands on: > > "Plain Tales from the Raj" edited by Charles Allen the illustrated version or > the paperback of the same name. > If you have a choice go for the illustrated version, if you can afford it, both! > > Also by Charles Allen > Raj a Scrapbook of British India 1877-1947 > > The above book includes a synopsis of a 1917 film as follows, the spelling > mistakes are copied from the narrative: > > The Golden Beetle:- A thrilling drama of 3 parts, 5000 feet long. Some > important scenes of the subject:- George was captured in a temple under the cave > of the high mountains, and taking out the blood from his arm writes a massage > for help on a piece of his shirt. An eagle while taking away the massage was > shot by Murray, who dares to the rescue of George by reading the same message. > The fight on horse back and thrilling pursuit. Murray was burried alive in the > jungle upto his shoulders, and while, being eaten by wild eagles, saved by two > Indian hunters. George was escaped by Murray from the high mountanous caves, by > the acrobatic feet of 4 men descending a precipice in human ladder fashion, and > while going to London their boat was under the mercy of the waves by an > accidental storm in the sea. However they landed on a mountain, where they > suffered by the amazing adventures of Lions. They reached London by the help of > a steamer, and while going home, George was again kidnapped by Golden Beetle > clan, was tied, merciless on the railroad. An express train crossing over his > body and with many other thrilling and sensational scenes, which makes the > audiance to stand thair hairs on end, this story, ends with happy results. > > They just don't make em like that any more! > ===== India Mailing List ===== > > Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org > > > Archives for this list can be found at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA > and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message