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White Mughals

White Mughals

Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India

by William Dalrymple
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/04/2004

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The true story of a tragic and passionate love affair--and a testament to the Indian conquest of the British imagination. Conjuring all the sweep of a great nineteenthcentury novel, acclaimed author William Dalrymple unearths the fascinating story of the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, James Kirkpatrick, who in 1798 fell in love with the great-niece of the Hyderabadi prime minister. To marry her, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam and even became a double agent working against the East India Company. Shedding light on the many eccentric Westerners during this period who "turned Turk," adopting Indian customs, dress, and religions, Darymple brings to life a compelling and largely unwritten story of Britain's rule over India.
ISBN:
9780756957261
9780756957261
Category:
Asian history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-04-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Perfection Learning
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
459
Dimensions (mm):
231x152x36mm
Weight:
0.75kg
William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple wrote the highly acclaimed bestseller In Xanadu when he was just twenty-two.

Since then, he has had seven more books published and won numerous awards for his writing, including the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the Duff Cooper Memorial Award, the Hemingway Prize and The Ryszard Kapuscinski Award for Literary Reportage.

He lives with his wife and three children on a farm outside Delhi.

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