It was the spring of 1947 when Lord and Lady Mountbatten arrived in New Delhi. India was on the brink of civil war. The reluctant Vicereine was a rebel, a rule-breaker. She was a troubled soul, a great beauty, a firecracker. But there was more to Edwina than met the eye. The glamour was a fa ade; behind it was a highly intelligent woman of influence and power.The only one to truly understand her for who she was was Jawahar, her friend, confidant and...