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White Mughals

Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India

by William Dalrymple
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A romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that crossed and transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time
James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Kahir un-Nissa—who's name translates to 'Most excellent among Women'—the great-niece of the Nizam's Prime Minister and a descendant of the Prophet. Kirkpatrick had gone out to India as an ambitious soldier in the army of the East India Company, eager to make his name in the conquest and subjection of the subcontinent. Instead, he unexpectedly finds love.
In White Mughals, William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of love, seduction and betrayal. It possesses all the sweep and resonance of a great nineteenth-century novel, set against a background 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, triumphantly confirms Dalrymple's reputation as one of the finest writers at work today.

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    April 27, 2004

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      • ISBN: 9781101098127

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      • ISBN: 9781101098127
      • File size: 6695 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 10.8
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 9-10

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:10.8
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:9-10

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