The Last King in India - Wajid Ali Shah

The Last King in India tells the story of a much-maligned king who had the misfortune to be on the throne when the East India Company usurped power. Wajid Ali Shah led a fascinating life that included marrying over 350 women, building a fantasy palace in Lucknow, writing poetry that is still acclaimed today, and surviving the 1857 Mutiny.

About the author

Rosie Llewellyn-Jones (PhD) graduated from SOAS in Urdu and is now an acclaimed historian of the colonial history of India from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. She has published extensively on this period and her particular interest is in the political interaction between the British and their Indian subjects. She is also Secretary to the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia and editor of its journal Chowkidar.

Summary

The Last King in India tells the story of a much-maligned king who had the misfortune to be on the throne when the East India Company usurped power. Wajid Ali Shah led a fascinating life that included marrying over 350 women, building a fantasy palace in Lucknow, writing poetry that is still acclaimed today, and surviving the 1857 Mutiny.

Product details

• Authors: Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, Llewellyn-Jones Rosie
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2014
• EAN: 9781849044080
• ISBN: 978-1-84904-408-0
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Illustrations: illustrations, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Asia / South / India