Born in British India during the Raj, Cassiopaeiae was brought up by her maternal aunt and this book is a tribute to her “two” mothers. Her natural mother and her aunt who she always called Mamma.
Ida Grace Nina Dudman – known as Dolly to her family – was born when Queen Victoria was the Empress of India on 18th December 1897 and died on Easter Sunday 1983. She was brought up like a little princess but suffered much tragedy and upheaval in her life – two world wars, the Indian indepe...