These are a series of paperback books about the lives of European in South Asia, which have been written by BACSA members.

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The Gordon Creeds in Afghanistan

 William Trousdale, 1984 - £7.50
 Memoirs of father and son in 1st and 2nd Afghan Wars
 210 pages, 35 illustrations and map - ISBN 0 907799 08 6

Peacock Dreams

 Bill Tydd, 1986 - £7.50
 Reminiscences of a Police Officer in Burma, 1929-1942
 203 pages, 30 illustrations, and map - ISBN 0 907799 14 0

Bombay Buccaneers: Memories and Reminiscences of the Royal Indian Navy : 1927-1947

 ed. by Commander Jack Hastings, 1986 - £7.50
 267 pages, 23 illustrations - ISBN 0 907799 15 9

Canals and Campaigns : An Engineer Officer in India, 1877

Major-General Sir George Moncrieff, 1987 - £7.50
180 pages. 14 illustrations, 4 maps ISBN 0 907799 20 5

Under Malabar Hill : Letters from India 1928-1933

 Maisie Wright, 1988 - £7.50
 Social work among women in Bombay
 208 pages, 30 illustrations, map - ISBN 0 907799 29 9

'Hellfire Jack!' VC: General Sir William Olpherts 1822-1902

 Peter Collister, 1989 - £9.00
198 pages, 20 illustrations, 5 maps - ISBN 0 907799 33 7

The Calcutta of Begum Johnson : 1728-1812

 Ivor Edwards-Stuart, 1990 - £9.00
180 pages, 15 illustrations, 5 maps - ISBN 0 907799 34 5

Free Mariner

Anne Bulley, 1992 - £9.00

 Describes a circuitous three year voyage between India and China by John Adolphus Pope, an observant young officer in an English country ship (1786 - I788). Also shows the inter-dependence of the British and the Parsees in maritime Bombay

 256 pages, 16 illustrations/plans/maps - ISBN 0 907799 41 8

Ulysses in the Raj

 by Paul Byron Norris, 1992 - £9.00

 The story of Greek trade in India and the Hellenic presence in Bengal and Northern India from the time of the 'company'. This unique account follows the fortunes of notable families such as the Chiots (Rallis), the Corfiots and the Paniotys from their origins in Europe to their development and settlement in India.

198 pages, 13 illustrations, 4 maps - ISBN 0 907799 46 9

Above the Heron's Pool

Heather Lovatt and Peter de Jong, 1993 - £9.00

 A short history of the Peermade/Vandiperiyar District of Travancore from 1847 based on the Baker and Munro families who transformed this uncharted area of plateau grassland and jungle into a thriving sector of the plantation industry. For the genealogist there are family trees and a copy of the church Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages.

 l82 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 maps - ISBN 0 907799 51 5

India Served and Observed

William and Mildred Archer, 1994 - £9.00

 A joint husband and wife autobiography of their time in Bihar from 1931 to Independence, with a passionate interest in the country which blossomed on their reluctant return to England into a flowering of learned articles on the Indian Art field from their base in the V&A and IOL respectively.

 71 pages, 25 illustrations and map ISBN 0 907799 531

 Follow My Bangalorey Man

Paul Byron Norris, 1996 - £9.00

 A panorama of Bangalore in the 1920s and 1930s through the eyes of the author during his childhood and schooldays.

 180 pages, illustrations and map.

The Kashmir Residency : Memories of 1939 and 1940

 Evelyn Désirée Battye, 1997 - £9.00

 A vivid account of life in the Residency as seen through the eyes of a young woman, newly arrived in India to work as the Personal Assistant to the Resident.

 150 pages, 33 illustrations and map - ISBN 0 907799 59 0

'Missy Baba' to 'Burra Mem' The Life of a Planter's Daughter in Northern India : 1913-1970

 Joan Allen, 1998 - £10.50

 An evocative personal account of a girl growing up in a Planter's environment in Bihar, marrying a Planter who then goes off to the War while she is left with their children; later supporting him in his post-war career as a Political Officer and in the Tea Industry.

 165 pages, 38 illustrations and map - ISBN 0 907799 60 4

Memoirs of an Adventurous Dane in India : 1904-1947

 August Peter Hansen, 1999 - £10.50

 A fascinating story of a young Danish sailor, stranded through illness in Calcutta. He joins the City Police and works his way up the ranks. Later he works for Birla on Security and finally as a Customs Officer.

 231 pages, 38 illustrations - ISBN 0 907799 64 7

Statues of the Raj

 by Mary Ann Steggles, 2000 - £15.00 + £2.00 postage

 This special Millennium book comprises an illustrated catalogue of over sixty of the largely forgotten statues of the British in South Asia. Details are given of their sculptors, their present whereabouts (many presumed 'lost' but now located), with biographical notes of these viceroys, governors, soldiers, bishops, teachers and philanthropists. An invaluable source of reference for tourists and historians; also an interesting read for BACSA members and their friends.

 240 pages, 98 illustrations - ISBN 0 907799 74 4

A Railway Family in India

Patrick Hugh Stevenage, 2001             £10.50

A family saga spanning five generations in a 200 year cycle of emigrating from England, becoming part of the Anglo-Indian community in and around Madras, until finally returning back to England in British Rail.

144 pages, 33 illustrations        ISBN 0 907799 77 9

Who Was Dr Jackson? Two Calcutta Families: 1830-55

Mary Bennett, 2002                 £12.00

The doctor, in his unbroken 25 year career in Bengal, rose to become a Professor of the fledgling Calcutta Medical College. He married a Pattle making this a fascinating study of two families with their Calcutta-Bloomsbury connections.

132 pages, well illustrated        ISBN 0 907799 78 7

Willingly to War

Paul Byron Norris, 2004               £12.00

A young Emergency Commissioned Officer's impressions of the Indian Army during the Second World War. First as a Cadet at Dehra Dun, then as an Officer on the North-West Frontier, followed by a period on the North-East Frontier and Burma.

200 pages, 8 illustrations        ISBN 0 907799 81 7

The British Residency in Hyderabad: An Outpost of the Raj 1779-1948

Omar Khalidi, 2005    £12.00

The story of the Residency and the Residents who lived in it. Somewhat isolated from mainstream British India, the Residents enjoyed a certain independence not found in Calcutta or Delhi. Hyderabad, a princely state, retained much old world charm and many curious customs.

 120 pages, 20 illustrations         ISBN 0 907799 83 3

How to order

Postage and packing in Britain averages at £1, unless shown otherwise.

Postage for heavy books (over 200 pages) abroad is £3.00 by sea-mail and £4.50 by air-mail. 

Postage for light books (under 200 pages) abroad is £2.00 by sea-mail and £3.50 by air-mail.

Please send your sterling cheque, including postage, to the BACSA Publication Officer:

Miss Joanna Smith,
22 Charlwood Street,
London SW1V 2DY
England