Preface: ‘The Midnight Hour’1

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. We are indebted to Gervase Hood for his valuable comments on earlier drafts of this Preface. 2. Quoted in Gopal, S. ([1989]2004) Jawaharlal Nehru. A Biography (New Delhi: Oxford University Press), p. 178. 3. Brown, J. (2003) Nehru. A Political Life (New Haven and London: Yale University Press), p. 175. 4. Rushdie, S. (1981) Midnight's Children (London: Jonathan Cape), p. 1. 5. Sir Henry Storks to Duke of Newcastle (Col. Secretary) 15 March 1864, The UK National Archives (TNA): CO 136/184. 6. C. M. James to M. Brown, 8 September 1966, TNA: FO 371/188143. 7. Williams, S. (2006) Colour Bar. The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation (London: Penguin), p. 317. 8. Stuart, A. (2001) Of Cargoes, Colonies and Kings: Diplomatic and Administrative Service from Africa to the Pacific (London: Radcliffe Press), pp. 224–232. 9. The Times, 1 July 1960. 10. Kapuscinski, R. ([1976] 2001) Another Day of Life, trans. W. R. Brand (London: Penguin), pp. 120–123. 11. Kambalu, S. (2008) The Jive Talker (London: Jonathan Cape), p. 36. 12. Personal reminiscence, Susan Williams. 13. Stonehouse, J. (1975) Death of an Idealist (London: W. H. Allen), p. 63. 14. Fernando, E. (2005) O Último Adeus Português (Lisboa: Oficina do Livro), p. 17. 15. Quoted in Moss, P. (1997) Hong Kong Handover (Hong Kong: FormAsia Books). 16. Ibid.