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Orient Blackswan Letters To Emilie Schenkl 1934–1942 by Sisir K Bose And Sugata Bose
Perhaps the least known aspect of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s many-sided personality was his love for Emilie Schenkl, his Austrian wife. Bose met Emilie Schenkl in June 1934 in Vienna, developed a close relationship during his forced European exile, secretly married her in December 1937, and had a daughter, Anita, in November 1942.This volume of Netaji’s Collected Works illuminates the human and emotional aspects of his many-splendoured life. One hundred and sixty-two of his letters, written between 1934 and 1942, are published in this volume, along with eighteen of Emilie Schenkl's letters that have survived. Two additional letters appear in this edition—Subhas’s ‘love letter’ for Emilie (March 1936), written from Badgastein to Vienna, as he prepared to leave for India after three years of European exile; and the letter of 9 February 1943, written at dawn just before Netaji set off on his epic submarine voyage from Europe to Asia.