![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘The speed king of Asia’ (p. 472) is not an honorific normally associated with the subject of this new biography by Ramachandra Guha, the Indian historian, cricket writer, and journalist. It was found in a letter from a British Quaker admirer of Gandhi who had accompanied the 64-year-old on his vigorous campaigning tour through southern India in support of rights for Harijan s or ‘untouchables’ in 1934. Its inclusion typifies the depth of Guha’s research. ![]()
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Life and career Personal life Early years As of 2011, her novels had spent a combined 861 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, including 176 weeks in the number-one spot. Roberts was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. ![]() Robb for the in Death series and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() at a party, and he later proposed to her. In 1952 Brown met James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. The relationship began as something of a mentoring one, but became a romantic relationship including co-habitating at 10 Gracie Street beginning in 1943. ![]() Starting in the summer of 1940, Brown was in a long-term relationship with Michael Strange, poet, playwright, and actress. 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