Books & biographies (GK): Identify the biography of Lady Edwina Mountbatten. Choose the correctly titled biography associated with Lady Mountbatten (Countess Mountbatten of Burma). Select the correct option.
General Knowledge
Books and Authors
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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AEdwina Mountbatten: A Life of Her Own (by Janet Morgan)
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BThe Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves (by Andrew Lownie)
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CDaughter of Empire (by Pamela Hicks)
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DThe Viceroy's Journal (by Lord Mountbatten)
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EIndian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire (by Alex von Tunzelmann)
Answer
Correct Answer: Edwina Mountbatten: A Life of Her Own (by Janet Morgan)
Explanation
Given data
- Task: Pick the biography specifically of Lady Edwina Mountbatten.
Concept/ApproachLady Mountbatten's standard, dedicated biography is Edwina Mountbatten: A Life of Her Own by Janet Morgan.
Elimination
- The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves is a dual/house biography, not solely Lady Edwina.
- Daughter of Empire is the memoir of Pamela Hicks (her daughter).
- The Viceroy's Journal is by Lord Mountbatten.
- Indian Summer is a narrative history of the period, not a biography of Edwina alone.
Final AnswerEdwina Mountbatten: A Life of Her Own (by Janet Morgan)