"For the foreseeable future, Mr. Seervai's (account of Partition) must remain the most authoritative version. Only he has made full use of the official British documents....As for the massacres and populations exchanges, Mr. Seervai proves his case that it was Mountbatten who was largely responsible...Thanks to Mr. Seervai's concise and rigorous presentation of the material in the 12 volumes of 'The Transfer of Power', especially in the last volume, there must now be a reappraisal of reputations". - The Economist, London (April 1990)