White Mughals  -  William Dalrymple

Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India

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The true story of a tragic and passionate love affair--and a testament to the Indian conquest of the British imagination. Conjuring all the sweep of a great nineteenthcentury novel, acclaimed author William Dalrymple unearths the fascinating story of the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, James Kirkpatrick, who in 1798 fell in love with the great-niece of the Hyderabadi prime minister. To marry her, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam and even became a double agent working against the East ...
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2003 Uitgever: harpercollins 580 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0006550967 ISBN-13: 9780006550969