Brigid Allen studied History at Somerville College, Oxford and has a Ph.D from University College London. She has worked as an editorial researcher and archivist in many areas, from the papers of the American statesman Alexander Hamilton to private papers of the 19th- and 20th-century British in India. Her books and articles reflect diverse interests from diaries to food history, including the acclaimed literary biography Peter Levi, Oxford Romantic (2014).

Witty, intelligent, frequently sardonic - and always class-conscious - Emily Eden captured her life elegantly with pen and sketchbook. And what a life it was! A daughter of the great Whig political world, Emily was hostess and companion for her much-loved brother George, 2nd Lord Auckland, Governor-General of India. This carefully researched book sweeps the reader from England to India, and back again, as it recounts their intertwined lives against the rich backdrop of English and imperial politics in the first half of the nineteenth century.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements Chapter One: A Suicide Chapter Two: The Family Chapter Three: George Chapter Four: Coping Chapter Five: A Sibling Household Chapter Six: Ireland, Greenwich, Reform Chapter Seven: A "Sough" of India Chapter Eight: Calcutta Chapter Nine: Up the Country Chapter Ten: The Toils of War Chapter Eleven: Glorious Ghuznee Chapter Twelve: Catastrophe Chapter Thirteen: Taking the Train Chapter Fourteen: Living On Appendix A: Where Are Emily's Papers? Appendix B: Emily and the Postcolonials Abbreviations and Explanations Selective Bibliography Endnotes Index

Brigid Allen studied History at Somerville College, Oxford and has a Ph.D from University College London. She has worked as an editorial researcher and archivist in many areas, from the papers of the American statesman Alexander Hamilton to private papers of the 19th- and 20th-century British in India. Her books and articles reflect diverse interests from diaries to food history, including the acclaimed literary biography Peter Levi, Oxford Romantic (2014).

Witty, intelligent, frequently sardonic - and always class-conscious - Emily Eden captured her life elegantly with pen and sketchbook. And what a life it was! A daughter of the great Whig political world, Emily was hostess and companion for her much-loved brother George, 2nd Lord Auckland, Governor-General of India. This carefully researched book sweeps the reader from England to India, and back again, as it recounts their intertwined lives against the rich backdrop of English and imperial politics in the first half of the nineteenth century.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements Chapter One: A Suicide Chapter Two: The Family Chapter Three: George Chapter Four: Coping Chapter Five: A Sibling Household Chapter Six: Ireland, Greenwich, Reform Chapter Seven: A "Sough" of India Chapter Eight: Calcutta Chapter Nine: Up the Country Chapter Ten: The Toils of War Chapter Eleven: Glorious Ghuznee Chapter Twelve: Catastrophe Chapter Thirteen: Taking the Train Chapter Fourteen: Living On Appendix A: Where Are Emily's Papers? Appendix B: Emily and the Postcolonials Abbreviations and Explanations Selective Bibliography Endnotes Index