Hardback. 191pp. Well written and entertaining study of interest to anyone researching the writer William Makepeace Thackeray, yes, but also to anyone researching wider the life of the British Raj in India. William Wilson Hunter was a Scottish member of the Indian Civil Service. He is best know for the formidably long The Imperial Gazetteer of India a standard in its time and now, like this volume, providing much social and political history. Dark turquoise cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Bevelled edges to the boards. Gilt to top edge; other edges uncut. Light rubbed to edges. Few light light scuffs to the surface. a little worn to spine ends and corners tips. Very clean. Binding is sound.