The Maharajas & Their Magnificent Motor Cars - Hardcover

Sen, Gautam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857330632 ISBN 13: 9780857330635

Verlag: J H Haynes & Co Ltd, 2011

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Reseña del editor:

In 1898 the first three 'horseless carriages' were imported into British India and so began Indian royalty's love affair with the automobile. During the first half of the 20th century the choicest cars with the most unusual coachwork made their way to India to satisfy the varied tastes and demands of the rajas and the maharajas. All manner of ceremonial throne cars, hunting cars, wedding cars and cars for state processions were owned by 500-odd Indian princes who tried to outdo each other in terms of pomp, glamour and splendour. Of the several thousand such cars that came to India, just a few hundred survive today and this magnificent book focuses on 70 of these together with the people associated with them.

Biografía del autor:

Acknowledged as the 'father' of Indian automotive journalism, Gautam Sen founded India's first car magazine, Indian Auto, in 1986. In 1993 he launched Auto India, which became India's best-selling car magazine. Later he launched Indian editions of Germany's auto motor und sport and the BBC's Top Gear magazine, and now he is back in the driver's seat at Auto India. He divides his time between Paris, where his family lives, and Mumbai.

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• Verlag: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857330632
• ISBN 13: 9780857330635
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384