Fishing Fleet
Fishing Fleet From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators, soldiers and businessmen. This…
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Fishing Fleet
From the late 19th century, when the Raj was at its height, many of Britain's best and brightest young men went out to India to work as administrators, soldiers and businessmen. This amorphous band was composed of daughters returning after their English education, girls invited to stay with married sisters or friends, and yet others whose declared or undeclared goal was simply to find a husband. With the advent of steam travel and the opening of the Suez Canal, countless young women, suffering at the lack of eligible men in Britain, followed in their wake.
For these young women, often away from home for the first time, one thing they could be sure of was a rollicking good time. They were known as the Fishing Fleet, and this book is their story, hitherto untold. By the early 20th century, a hectic social scene was in place, with dances, parties, amateur theatricals, picnics, tennis