The Last Mughal
The Fall of Delhi, 1857
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:7th Sep '09
£14.99
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The Last Mughal has been longlisted the BBC 4 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction, 2007
A stunning and bloody history of nineteenth-century India and the reign of the Last Mughal by the bestselling author of White MughalsOn a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable culture.
'Dalrymple is an outstandingly gifted travel writer and historian who excels himself in his latest work' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Vivid unmatched revolutionary humane No previous book has delved so deeply into the history of Delhi in those days, nor painted such a vivid portrait of the late Mughal court' Sunday Telegraph 'Brims with life, colour and complexity outstanding one of the best history books of the year' Evening Standard 'Magnificent shames the simplistic efforts of previous writers' Spectator
ISBN: 9781408800928
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 38mm
Weight: unknown
608 pages