Echoes from Belvedere : Home of National Library, Kolkata, recalls the history of the most talked about heritage building of the metropolis which was not only a mute witness to the rise and fall of the British Empire in India but also the home of the empire-builders. The stirring times of Warren Hastings, the great Proconsul, and his arch-enemy, Philip Francis, are dealt with; with the help of original documents. The Hastings-Francis duel is retold here in the ...
