White Mughals

From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.

Zusatztext White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionatelove affair that crossed and transcended all the cultural! religious andpolitical boundaries of its time. In White Mughals! William Dalrymple discoversa world almost entirely unexplored by history! and places at its centrea compelling tale of love! seduction and betrayal. It possesses all thesweep and resonance of a great nineteenth-century novel! set against abackground of shifting alliances and the manoeuvring of the great powers!the mercantile ambitions of the British and the imperial dreams of Napoleon.White Mughals! the product of five years' writing and research! triumphantlyconfirms Dalrymple's reputation as one of the finest writers at work today. Informationen zum Autor William Dalrymple s first book, In Xanadu, won the Yorkshire Post Best First Work Award. His second, City of Djinns, won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award. His third, From the Holy Mountain, was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Thomas Cook Award. A collection of his pieces about India, The Age of Kali, was published in 1998. Klappentext Quirky piece of history writing from an award-winning travel writer. From the author of "In Xanadu" and "From The Holy Mountain". Looks at the expatriates who embarrassed the colonial administrators by adopting Indian ways and modes of dress. "Dalrymple's India is as vivid as Naipaul's" "The Times". Zusammenfassung From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.

Autorentext

William Dalrymple s first book, In Xanadu, won the Yorkshire Post Best First Work Award. His second, City of Djinns, won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award. His third, From the Holy Mountain, was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Thomas Cook Award. A collection of his pieces about India, The Age of Kali, was published in 1998.

Klappentext

Quirky piece of history writing from an award-winning travel writer. From the author of "In Xanadu" and "From The Holy Mountain". Looks at the expatriates who embarrassed the colonial administrators by adopting Indian ways and modes of dress. "Dalrymple's India is as vivid as Naipaul's" "The Times".

Zusammenfassung
From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.