White Mughals Love And Betrayal In Eighteenth Century India

Author: William Dalrymple

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  • : $22.99 AUD
  • : 9780006550969
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Australia
  • : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
  • : January 2003
  • : 197mm X 130mm X 41mm
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  • : 2003
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  • : HBJF
  • : 24 b/w, 24 col illus
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Description

White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair-un-Nissa

Awards

Winner of Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award 2003. Shortlisted for Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2003.

Author description

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.