Daughter of empire: life as a Mountbatten. Pamela Hicks. 2017.

Born at the end of the “Roaring Twenties”, Pamela Mountbatten came of age in India while her parents were the last Viceroy and Vicereine. Amid the turmoil of political change, Pamela established wam friendships with Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru and was witness to the joy of Independence Day and its terrible aftermath. 

Daughter of Empire is the recollection of an extraordinary life, a unique family and an unrivalled insight into some of the most transformative moments of the twentieth century.