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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 is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 2002 was awarded the Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his ‘outstanding contribution to travel literature’. He wrote and presented the TV series ‘Stones of the Raj’ and ‘Indian Journeys’, which won BAFTA’s 2002 Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series. He and his wife, artist Olivia Fraser, have three children, and divide their time between London and Delhi. 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.
